Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. New Living Translation For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come. English Standard Version For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Berean Standard Bible For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. Berean Literal Bible For here we do not have an abiding city, but we are seeking for the coming one. King James Bible For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. New King James Version For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. New American Standard Bible For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. NASB 1995 For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. NASB 1977 For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. Legacy Standard Bible For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the one to come. Amplified Bible For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. Christian Standard Bible For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come. Holman Christian Standard Bible For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come. American Standard Version For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come. Contemporary English Version On this earth we don't have a city that lasts forever, but we are waiting for such a city. English Revised Version For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come. GOD'S WORD® Translation We don't have a permanent city here on earth, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future. Good News Translation For there is no permanent city for us here on earth; we are looking for the city which is to come. International Standard Version For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming. Majority Standard Bible For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. NET Bible For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. New Heart English Bible For we do not have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. Webster's Bible Translation For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Weymouth New Testament For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours. World English Bible For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor we have no abiding city here, but we seek the coming one. Berean Literal Bible For here we do not have an abiding city, but we are seeking for the coming one. Young's Literal Translation for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek; Smith's Literal Translation For here have we no abiding city, but we seek that about to be. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come. Catholic Public Domain Version For in this place, we have no everlasting city; instead, we seek one in the future. New American Bible For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the one that is to come. New Revised Standard Version For here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor here we have not a permanent city, but we seek one to come. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For we have no city here that abides, but we look for that which is coming. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor here we have no abiding city, but we seek one to come. Godbey New Testament for we have here no continuing city, but we are seeking unto one which is to come. Haweis New Testament For we have not here an abiding city, but we earnestly seek that which is to come. Mace New Testament for we have, no settled corporation here, but are in expectation of that which is approaching. Weymouth New Testament For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours. Worrell New Testament For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come. Worsley New Testament but are seeking that which is to come. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Christ's Unchanging Nature…13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. 14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. 15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.… Cross References Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. John 14:2-3 In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? / And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am. Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. Matthew 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Colossians 3:1-2 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. / Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 2 Peter 3:13 But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. Revelation 21:10-27 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, / shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal. / The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. ... Luke 12:33-34 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us. Isaiah 65:17 For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. Isaiah 66:22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure. Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers. Treasury of Scripture For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Hebrews 11:9,10,12-16 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: … Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, Jump to Previous Abiding City Continuing Enduring Fixed Longing Ours Permanent Resting-Place Search Seek Seeking SoonJump to Next Abiding City Continuing Enduring Fixed Longing Ours Permanent Resting-Place Search Seek Seeking SoonHebrews 13 1. Various admonitions as to love;4. to honest life; 5. to avoid covetousness; 7. to regard God's preachers; 9. to take heed of strange doctrines; 10. to confess Christ; 16. to give alms; 17. to obey governors; 18. to pray for the apostles. 20. The conclusion. For here The phrase "for here" indicates a present reality, a temporal and earthly existence. In the context of the epistle to the Hebrews, the author is addressing believers who are living in a world that is not their ultimate home. The Greek word "hōde" (here) emphasizes the current, transient state of life on earth, contrasting it with the eternal promises of God. This serves as a reminder to Christians that their current circumstances, no matter how challenging, are temporary. we do not have a permanent city but we are looking for the city that is to come We seek one to come.--Rather, we seek after that (city) which is to come. Verse 14. - For here we have no abiding city, but we seek that which is to come; i.e. not Jerusalem, representing the transitory dispensation of the Law; but the "city of the living God," which is eternal.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. here ὧδε (hōde) Adverb Strong's 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither. we do not have ἔχομεν (echomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. a permanent μένουσαν (menousan) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. city, πόλιν (polin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. but ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. we are looking for ἐπιζητοῦμεν (epizētoumen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1934: To seek after, desire, search for, make inquiries about. From epi and zeteo; to search for; intensively, to demand, to crave. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. [city] that is to come. μέλλουσαν (mellousan) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. 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