Hebrews 13:14
12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
16 And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
- KJV
- For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
- WEB
- For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
- ASV
- For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.
- DARBY
- for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.
- BLB
- For here we do not have an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to be.
- ÅB
- for vi har ikke her en blivende stad, men søker den kommende.
- OTB
- For her har vi ikke en varig by, men vi søker den byen som skal komme.
- B1930
- for vi har ikke her en blivende stad, men søker den kommende.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Read in contextColossians 3:1–3
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Read in contextHebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Read in contextHebrews 11:12–16
And 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.
Read in context2 Peter 3:13–14
But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
Read in contextEphesians 2:19
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:17–5:8
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
Read in contextMicah 2:10
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
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