³⁹ These were all commended^(A) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^{(B) 40} since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(C) would they be made perfect.^(D)

¹⁴ For here we do not have an enduring city,^(A) but we are looking for the city that is to come.^(B)