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But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a… Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20 salvation Jesus heaven
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16 beauty encouragement receiving

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 20:7 trust idols
In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.
Isaiah 26:8 law righteousness desires
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:12 love God neighbor
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
Acts 5:32 obedience Spirit receiving
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 love Father children
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 4:21 law love friendship
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 sin God light
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 grace prayer mercy
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
2 Corinthians 1:5 suffering comforter Jesus
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 faith Jesus resurrection
And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
Deuteronomy 6:25 obedience law righteousness
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 sin purification evil
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 sin love Savior
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:18 creation truth life
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 sin righteousness mediator
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10 gentleness neighbor goodness
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12 salvation Jesus
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
Romans 5:3-4 suffering hope joy
Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
Acts 10:47 baptism Holy Spirit
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4 suffering Jesus sickness
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
Ephesians 1:7 sin Savior forgiveness
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 love God calling
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9 love Jesus life