But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

我们却是天上的国民，并且等候救主，就是主耶稣基督从天上降临。

我们却是天上的国民，并且等候救主，就是主耶稣基督从天上降临。

我们却是天上的国民，并且等候救主，就是主耶稣基督从天上降临。

我们却是天上的国民，殷切等候从天降临的救主，就是主耶稣基督。

但我们是天上的公民，切望救主，就是主耶稣基督，从天上降临；

然而，我们的国籍在天上；我们也热切等待着救主——主耶稣基督从那里降临。

我們卻是天上的國民，並且等候救主，就是主耶穌基督從天上降臨。

我們卻是天上的國民，並且等候救主，就是主耶穌基督從天上降臨。

我們卻是天上的國民，並且等候救主，就是主耶穌基督從天上降臨。

我們卻是天上的國民，殷切等候從天降臨的救主，就是主耶穌基督。

但我們是天上的公民，切望救主，就是主耶穌基督，從天上降臨；

但我們呢、我們的國藉本在天上，我們還切候着拯救者主耶穌基督從那裏來呢。

然而，我們的國籍在天上；我們也熱切等待著救主——主耶穌基督從那裡降臨。

夫我籍在天、由此我亦俟乎救者、即主耶穌基督也、

惟我國在天、望救主耶穌基督由天而降、

我國在天、望我主耶穌基督、由彼而降、

吾人則為自由自在之天民、延頸舉踵、而望救世主耶穌基督之自天而降、

But we are citizens of heaven. And we can hardly wait for a Savior from there. He is the Lord Jesus Christ.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,

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

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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

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

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

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

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

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

You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

Jesus answered,“ If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead— Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

while we wait for the blessed hope— the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

“ Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

“ Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.

As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

“ Men of Galilee,” they said,“ why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.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 in length, and as wide and high as it is long.The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick.The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

“ Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and“ every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth“ will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.

But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

“ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”