20 Bible Verses about Citizens
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But our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the family of God,
that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;
And Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of a not undistinguished city, I beg of you, permit me to speak to the people.
BELOVED, I exhort you as strangers and foreigners, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul,
And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned?
But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.
Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out of it no more, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one].
He said to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him; Then are the children free;
And they shall not teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them.
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,
And his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We wish not this man to reign over us.
but now they seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.
Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
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Citizens » Rights of
But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.
Citizens » Loyal » israelites
Citizens » Wicked and treasonable
but especially those who walk after the flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise goverment. Presumptuous, self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories,
In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.
Citizens » Loyal » David
Citizens » Instances of wicked » israelites
Citizens » Loyal » David's soldiers
Citizens » Figurative
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the family of God,
But our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Jozachar and jozabad
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Ishmael
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Hadad and jeroboam
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Absalom
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Jews
Citizens » Loyal » Hushai
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Korah, dathan, and abiram
Citizens » Loyal » Jehoiada
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Theudas and four-hundred seditious persons
For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who was destroyed, and all who obeyed him passed away and came to nothing. After him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census, and drew away people after him; and he was destroyed, and all who obeyed him were dispersed.
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Miriam and aaron
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Ahithophel
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Sheba
Citizens » Loyal » Mordecai
Citizens » Loyal » Joab
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Sons of sennacherib
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Ephraimites
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Adonijah
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Amaziah
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Shallum
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Menahem
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Baasha
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Hoshea
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Pekah
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Amon
Citizens » Loyal » Barzillai
Citizens » Instances of wicked » An egyptian
Are you not the Egyptian who before these days excited a sedition, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men who were murderers?
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Zimri
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Bigthan and teresh
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Shechemites
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Barabbas
And there was a man called Barabbas, bound with the insurgents, who had committed murder in a sedition.
Ingratitude » Of man to man » Citizens
Topics on Citizens
Citizens, Christian Duties
Romans 13:1-7Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.
Citizens, Heavenly
Philippians 3:20But our kingdom is in heaven, from which also we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Roman Citizens
Acts 16:37But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.
