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Hebrews 13:14
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For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.
For here haue we no continuing citie, but we seeke one to come.
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts forever, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.
For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the one to come.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
For we have no permanent city here; on the contrary, we seek the one to come.
for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.
Here on earth we don't have a city that lasts forever. But we are waiting for the city that we will have in the future.
For here haue we no continuing citie: but we seeke one to come.
For here we have not a permanent city, but we seek one to come.
For there is no permanent city for us here on earth; we are looking for the city which is to come.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the city that is to come.
For we do not have here a continuing city, but we seek the city coming.
For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.
For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.
For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.Micah 2:10; Philippians 3:20; Hebrews 11:10,16; 12:22;">[xr]
For we have no city which is permanent here; but one that is to come we are expecting.
(for we have here no abiding city; but we expect one that is future:)
For here haue we no continuyng citie: but we seke one to come.
For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.
For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
For we have here no continuing city; but we seek one to come.
For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.
For we han not here a citee dwellynge, but we seken a citee to comynge.
For we do not have here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.
For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.
For there is no city here on earth that will last forever. We are looking for the one that is coming.
For here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
For we have not here an abiding city, but, unto that which is to be, are we seeking our way.
For, we have not here a lasting city: but we seek one that is to come.
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come.
For here have we no continuynge citie: but we seke one to come.
for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;
for here haue we no contynuynge cite, but we seke one to come.
for we have. no settled corporation here, but are in expectation of that which is approaching.
Do not think this shell and this dirt is our forever home. We look forward to a new place that is perfect and without fault. A home that is to come.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hebrews 4:9, Hebrews 11:9, Hebrews 11:10, Hebrews 11:12-16, Hebrews 12:22, Micah 2:10, 1 Corinthians 7:29, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 2 Corinthians 5:1-8, Philippians 3:20,*Gr: Colossians 3:1-3, 1 Peter 4:7, 2 Peter 3:13, 2 Peter 3:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:9 - The days John 14:2 - my 2 Corinthians 5:6 - whilst Hebrews 11:14 - they seek Hebrews 11:16 - for Revelation 21:2 - the holy
Cross-References
This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt.
Your descendants will spread over the earth in all directions and will become as numerous as the specks of dust. Your family will be a blessing to all people.
Climb to the top of Mount Pisgah and look north, south, east, and west. Take a good look, but you are not going to cross the Jordan River.
Look around! You will see your people coming home. As surely as I live, I, the Lord , promise that your city with its people will be as lovely as a bride wearing her jewelry."
The Lord said: Open your eyes! Look around! Crowds are coming. Your sons are on their way from distant lands; your daughters are being carried like little children.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For here have we no continuing city,.... Neither for religious worship, the city of Jerusalem being quickly to be destroyed, nor for civil life to dwell in; and so may have a peculiar regard to the Hebrews, whose temple and city would, in a short time, become desolate; though it was the general case of the saints, in those times, to be obliged to flee from one city to another, having no certain dwelling place: and it may respect the common instability of this world, and of the state of the saints in it: this world, and all things in it, are unstable and transitory, the riches, honours, pleasures, and profits of it, and the persons in it, and even the world itself; the fashion of it passes away: the saints have no settlement and abiding here; they are not of it, though in it; and though they are in it, it is but for a time; and, when they have done the will of God, they are taken out of it; another place is prepared for them: they are but sojourners, and strangers, and pilgrims; and this they are sensible of, and own, and acknowledge: and it is their mercy, that they are not to continue here; since, while in it, they are exposed to a great many sorrows and afflictions, both of soul and body; are often disturbed with Satan's temptations; and are liable to the snares, insults, and reproaches of the world; and, seeing they have no continuance here, they will be the sooner at home: and they have that to support them, under the instability of worldly things, which others have not; they are interested in an unchangeable God, and in his love; and in an unchangeable Saviour; and in an unchangeable covenant; and have a right to eternal glory and happiness, a city which has foundations, as follows:
but we seek one to come; heaven; which is compared to a city; is future, yet to come; though certain, being built and prepared by God; and is continuing, will abide, being well founded: hence the saints seek for it; :-.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For here we have no continuing city ... - We do not regard this as our final home, or our fixed abode, and we should be willing to bear reproaches during the little time that we are to remain here; compare notes, Hebrews 11:10, Hebrews 11:13-14. If, therefore, in consequence of our professed attachment to the Saviour, we should be driven away from our habitations, and compelled to wander, we should be willing to submit to it, for our permanent home is not here, but in heaven. The object of the writer seems to be to comfort the Hebrew Christians on the supposition that they would be driven by persecution from the city of Jerusalem, and doomed to wander as exiles. He tells them that their Lord was led from that city to be put to death, and they should be willing to go forth also; that their permanent home was not Jerusalem, but heaven, and they should be willing in view of that blessed abode to be exiled from the city where they dwelt, and made wanderers in the earth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. For here have we no continuing city — Here is an elegant and forcible allusion to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem that was below was about to be burnt with fire, and erased to the ground; the Jerusalem that was from above was that alone which could be considered to be μενουσαν, permanent. The words seem to say: "Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest: it is polluted:" About seven or eight years after this, Jerusalem was wholly destroyed.
