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My soul looks for the Lord
    more than sentinels for daybreak.(A)
More than sentinels for daybreak,

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20 But our citizenship[a] is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:20 Citizenship: Christians constitute a colony of heaven, as Philippi was a colonia of Rome (Acts 16:12). The hope Paul expresses involves the final coming of Christ, not a status already attained, such as the opponents claim.

21 He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.(A)

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20 [a](A)The one who gives this testimony says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

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Footnotes

  1. 22:20 Come, Lord Jesus: a liturgical refrain, similar to the Aramaic expression Marana tha—“Our Lord, come!”—in 1 Cor 16:22; cf. note there. It was a prayer for the coming of Christ in glory at the parousia; see note on Rev 1:3.