Philippians 3:20

Believers' true citizenship is in heaven, and from there they eagerly await Christ the Savior. Our deepest identity and hope lie above, not in this world.

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• Eph 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
• Col 3:1–3If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• 2 Cor 4:18While we look not 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.
• Heb 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• 1 Pet 1:3–4Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 2 Tim 4:8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
• Eph 2:6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
• 2 Pet 3:12–14Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• 2 Cor 5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
• 1 Th 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• Col 1:5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
• Heb 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• Heb 10:34–35For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
• Matt 6:19–21Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
• 1 Cor 1:7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Ps 73:24–26Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
• Gal 4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
• Acts 1:11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
• Rev 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
• Luke 12:32–34Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• 2 Th 1:7–8And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
• Matt 19:21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
• Luke 14:14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
• Prov 15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
• Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Isa 26:1–2In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
• 1 Th 4:16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Phil 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
• Rev 21:10–27And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
• Phil 1:18–21What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
• Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Luke 12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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