Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Study Note
The eschatological promise that God 'will wipe every tear from their eyes; there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away' offers one of the most comprehensive visions of cosmic restoration in the Bible. The list of four abolitions — death, mourning, crying, pain — is sequential in human experience: pain leads to tears, loss to mourning, and all to death; eschatology reverses the sequence. The phrase 'old order of things has passed away' (ta prota apelthan) parallels 2 Corinthians 5:17's 'the old has gone,' indicating personal and cosmic renewal are part of a single divine purpose. This verse is the most commonly read passage at Christian funerals alongside Psalm 23, offering hope that grief is penultimate, not final.
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and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
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