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19 So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,(A)

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19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(A) but fellow citizens(B) with God’s people and also members of his household,(C)

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20 But our citizenship[a] is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  1. 3.20 Or commonwealth

20 But our citizenship(A) is in heaven.(B) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(C)

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See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.(A)

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10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good(A) to all people, especially to those who belong to the family(B) of believers.

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26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.(A) 27 As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.(B) 28 There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.(C)

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26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(A) through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ(B) have clothed yourselves with Christ.(C) 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(D) nor is there male and female,(E) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(F)

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12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(A)

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12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(A) to the covenants of the promise,(B) without hope(C) and without God in the world.

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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,(A) 23 and to the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(B) 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(C)

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  1. 12.23 Or angels, and to the festal gathering and assembly

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(A) to the city(B) of the living God,(C) the heavenly Jerusalem.(D) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(E) whose names are written in heaven.(F) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(G) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(H) 24 to Jesus the mediator(I) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(J) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(K)

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that is, the gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.(A)

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This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs(A) together with Israel, members together of one body,(B) and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.(C)

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13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,(A)

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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)

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26 But the other woman corresponds to the Jerusalem above; she is free, and she is our mother.(A) 27 For it is written,

“Rejoice, you childless one, you who bear no children,
    burst into song and shout, you who endure no birth pangs,
for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous
    than the children of the one who is married.”(B)

28 Now you,[a] my brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, like Isaac. 29 But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.(C) 30 But what does the scripture say? “Drive out the enslaved woman and her child, for the child of the enslaved woman will not share the inheritance with the child of the free woman.”(D) 31 So then, brothers and sisters, we are children, not of an enslaved woman but of the free woman.

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  1. 4.28 Other ancient authorities read we

26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:

“Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.”[a](B)

28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(C) 29 At that time the son born according to the flesh(D) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.(E) It is the same now. 30 But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”[b](F) 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman,(G) but of the free woman.(H)

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  1. Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1
  2. Galatians 4:30 Gen. 21:10

12 It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names that are the names[a] of the twelve tribes of the Israelites:(A) 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.(B)

15 The angel[b] who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.(C) 16 The city has four equal sides, its length the same as its width, and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using. 18 The wall is built of jasper, while the city is pure gold, clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold, transparent as glass.

22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(D) 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.(E) 25 Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.(F) 26 People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

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  1. 21.12 Other ancient authorities lack that are the names
  2. 21.15 Gk He

12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,(A) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.(B) 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations,(C) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles(D) of the Lamb.

15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod(E) of gold to measure the city, its gates(F) and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[a] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human(G) measurement, and it was 144 cubits[b] thick.[c] 18 The wall was made of jasper,(H) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.(I) 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.(J) The first foundation was jasper,(K) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,(L) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.[d] 21 The twelve gates(M) were twelve pearls,(N) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.(O)

22 I did not see a temple(P) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty(Q) and the Lamb(R) are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(S) gives it light,(T) and the Lamb(U) is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(V) 25 On no day will its gates(W) ever be shut,(X) for there will be no night there.(Y) 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(Z)

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  1. Revelation 21:16 That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers
  2. Revelation 21:17 That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
  3. Revelation 21:17 Or high
  4. Revelation 21:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth takes its name.

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  1. 3.15 Gk fatherhood

15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name.

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  1. Ephesians 3:15 The Greek for family (patria) is derived from the Greek for father (pater).

25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!(A)

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25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,(A) how much more the members of his household!

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