Hebrews 13:14

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“For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.”

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BSBPD

“For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 13:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Micah 2:10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  4. Ephesians 2:19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
  5. Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  6. Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  7. Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
  8. Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
  9. Hebrews 11:12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
  10. Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
  11. 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
  12. 2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

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