Revelation 21:5-8 Then the One who is seated on the throne i.e., Christ, or God said, “Listen, I am making everything new!” Then He said, “Write this, because these words are trustworthy and true.”

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Then the One who is seated on the throne [i.e., Christ, or God] said, “Listen, I am making everything new!” Then He said, “Write [this], because these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶ Then He said to me, “These things have already happened. [Note: These words express the certainty of what has been predicted in this book, even though not all the events had actually taken place yet]. I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the beginning and the end. I will give the person who is [spiritually] thirsty [a drink] from the spring of water of life without his having to pay for it. ⁷ The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my child. ⁸ But the place for cowards, and unbelievers, and disgusting people [i.e., because of their terrible sins], and murderers, and sexually immoral people, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will be the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This is the second death.”