Parallel Verses

World English Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Our citizenship, however, is in heaven, and it is from there that we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

A Conservative Version

For our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which also we await a Savior, Lord Jesus Christ,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

An Understandable Version

But we are [really] citizens of heaven and we are waiting for a Savior [to return] from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Anderson New Testament

But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Bible in Basic English

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

but we are the denisons of heaven, from whence we expect the saviour Jesus Christ our Lord.

Darby Translation

for our commonwealth has its existence in the heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour,

Godbey New Testament

For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Goodspeed New Testament

But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

John Wesley New Testament

who mind earthly things) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Julia Smith Translation

For our citizenship is in the heavens; from whence we also expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

King James 2000

For our citizenship is in heaven; from which also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Lexham Expanded Bible

For our commonwealth exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Modern King James verseion

For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which also we are looking for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,

Moffatt New Testament

But we are a colony of heaven, and we wait for the Saviour who comes from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Montgomery New Testament

But commonwealth is in heaven; and it is from heaven also that we are anxiously awaiting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

For the country of which we are citizens is heaven, whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Sawyer New Testament

But our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

The Emphasized Bible

For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await, - The Lord Jesus Christ, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But our conversation is in heaven as its citizens, from whence also we are expecting the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Twentieth Century New Testament

But the State of which we are citizens is in Heaven; and it is from Heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

We, however, are free citizens of Heaven, and we are waiting with longing expectation for the coming from Heaven of a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Williams New Testament

But we are citizens of the republic in heaven, from which we are eagerly waiting for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Worrell New Testament

For our citizenship is in Heaven, whence also we are waiting for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

Worsley New Testament

from whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ: who will change our vile body,

Youngs Literal Translation

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await -- the Lord Jesus Christ --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

πολίτευμα 
Politeuma 
Usage: 1

is
ὑπάρχω 
Huparcho 
be, have, live, after, not tr
Usage: 41

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
Usage: 156

ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

we look
ἀπεκδέχομαι 
Apekdechomai 
Usage: 7

for the Saviour
σωτήρ 
Soter 
Usage: 24

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

Devotionals

Devotionals about Philippians 3:20

Devotionals containing Philippians 3:20

Images Philippians 3:20

Prayers for Philippians 3:20

Context Readings

Imitate Me

19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.



Cross References

Ephesians 2:19

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

1 Corinthians 1:7

so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Acts 1:11

who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky."

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

Psalm 16:11

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. A Prayer by David.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

Psalm 73:24-26

You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

Isaiah 26:1-2

In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.

Matthew 6:19-21

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Luke 12:21

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:32-34

Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Luke 14:14

and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

2 Corinthians 4:18-1

while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Ephesians 2:6

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 1:10

so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;

Philippians 1:18-21

What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

Colossians 3:1-3

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead -- Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Titus 2:13

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Hebrews 10:34-35

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

2 Peter 3:12-14

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

Revelation 1:7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Revelation 21:10-27

He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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