20 For (A)our citizenship is in heaven, (B)from which we also (C)eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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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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Christ Our Cornerstone

19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

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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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Not Carnality but Christ

If then you were (A)raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, (B)where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the (C)earth. (D)For you died, (E)and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(B) Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.(C) For you died,(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,

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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,

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18 (A)while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Assurance of the Resurrection

For we know that if (B)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (C)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body

18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,(A) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(B) tent(C) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

A Heavenly Inheritance

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, (E)reserved in heaven for you,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:4 imperishable

Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(A) In his great mercy(B) he has given us new birth(C) into a living hope(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(E) and into an inheritance(F) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(G) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(H)

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because of the hope (A)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

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the faith and love that spring from the hope(A) stored up for you in heaven(B) and about which you have already heard in the true message(C) of the gospel

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and raised us up together, and made us sit together (A)in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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And God raised us up with Christ(A) and seated us with him(B) in the heavenly realms(C) in Christ Jesus,

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12 (A)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (B)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (C)melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for (D)new heavens and a (E)new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Be Steadfast

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent (F)to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

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12 as you look forward(A) to the day of God and speed its coming.[a](B) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(C) 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(D) where righteousness dwells.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(E) and at peace with him.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come

26 but the (A)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

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26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother.

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so that you come short in no gift, eagerly (A)waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift(A) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.(B)

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We are confident, yes, (A)well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

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We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(A)

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Finally, there is laid up for me (A)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (B)Judge, will give to me (C)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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Now there is in store for me(A) the crown of righteousness,(B) which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day(C)—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.(D)

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