Hebrews 13:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.”
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“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)“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 13:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 2:10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
- 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;
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- Ephesians 2:19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- 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.
- Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
- 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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