Philippians 3:20

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Philippians 3:20

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

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2 Peter 3:12

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Hebrews 13:14

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What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

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

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

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

and raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

Blessed be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are members of God's household,

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the joyful assembly

And 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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They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven."

For the Lord himself will descend 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 to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. Even so. Amen.

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so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ;

so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you eagerly wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

In the future there is laid up 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 loved his appearing.

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

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

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For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city which is to come.