Here we do not have a city that lasts. But we are looking for the city that is going to come.

我们在这里本没有常存的城，乃是寻求那将来的城。

在这里，我们本没有永存的城，而是在寻求那将要来的城。

在这里，我们本没有永存的城，而是在寻求那将要来的城。

我们在地上没有永远的城，我们寻求的是那将来的城。

因为在这里我们没有长存的城，我们却是寻求那将要来的城。

因为在这里，我们没有长存的城；相反，我们是在寻求那将要来临的城。

我們在這裏本沒有常存的城，乃是尋求那將來的城。

在這裏，我們本沒有永存的城，而是在尋求那將要來的城。

在這裏，我們本沒有永存的城，而是在尋求那將要來的城。

我們在地上沒有永遠的城，我們尋求的是那將來的城。

因為在這裡我們沒有長存的城，我們卻是尋求那將要來的城。

因為在這裏我們沒有長存的城；我們乃是尋求那將來的。

因為在這裡，我們沒有長存的城；相反，我們是在尋求那將要來臨的城。

蓋我儕於此無恆存之邑、惟求將來者、

在世我無恆邑以居、惟求後得之邑、

蓋在此、我儕無恆存之邑、惟求將來之邑、

蓋吾人在世、本無永久之城邑；吾人之所追求者乃一未來之城府也。

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

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.

For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.

For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.

For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

But we are citizens of heaven. And we can hardly wait for a Savior from there. He is the Lord Jesus Christ.

You have been raised up with Christ. So think about things that are in heaven. That is where Christ is. He is sitting at God’s right hand.Think about things that are in heaven. Don’t think about things that are only on earth.You died. Now your life is hidden with Christ in God.

But you have come to Mount Zion. You have come to the city of the living God. This is the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to a joyful gathering of angels. There are thousands and thousands of them.

Abraham was past the time when he could have children. But many children came from that one man. They were as many as the stars in the sky. They were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one could count them.All these people were still living by faith when they died. They didn’t receive the things God had promised. They only saw them and welcomed them from a long way off. They openly said that they were outsiders and strangers on earth.People who say things like that show that they are looking for a country of their own.What if they had been thinking of the country they had left? Then they could have returned to it.Instead, they longed for a better country. They wanted a heavenly one. So God is pleased when they call him their God. In fact, he has prepared a city for them.

But we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth. Godliness will live there. All this is in keeping with God’s promise.Dear friends, I know you are looking forward to this. So try your best to be found pure and without blame. Be at peace with God.

Brothers and sisters, what I mean is that the time is short. From now on, those who have a husband or wife should live as if they did not.

So you are no longer outsiders and strangers. You are citizens together with God’s people. You are also members of God’s family.

Because of his faith he made his home in the land God had promised him. Abraham was like an outsider in a strange country. He lived there in tents. So did Isaac and Jacob. They received the same promise he did.Abraham was looking forward to the city that has foundations. He was waiting for the city that God planned and built.

Get up! Leave this land! It is no longer your resting place. You have made it‘ unclean.’ You have completely destroyed it.

Our troubles are small. They last only for a short time. But they are earning for us a glory that will last forever. It is greater than all our troubles.So we don’t spend all our time looking at what we can see. Instead, we look at what we can’t see. That’s because what can be seen lasts only a short time. But what can’t be seen will last forever.We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it.During our time on earth we groan. We long to put on our house in heaven as if it were clothing.Then we will not be naked.While we live in this tent of ours, we groan under our heavy load. We don’t want to be naked. Instead, we want to be fully dressed with our house in heaven. What must die will be swallowed up by life.God has formed us for that very purpose. He has given us the Holy Spirit as a down payment. The Spirit makes us sure of what is still to come.So here is what we can always be certain about. As long as we are at home in our bodies, we are away from the Lord.We live by believing, not by seeing.We are certain about that. We would rather be away from our bodies and at home with the Lord.

So there is still a Sabbath rest for God’s people.

The end of all things is near. So be watchful and control yourselves. Then you may pray.