Hebrews 13:14

Hebrews 13:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
• New International Version (NIV)For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

Context of Hebrews 13:14

12Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the [city] gate so that He might sanctify and set apart for God as holy the people [who believe] through [the shedding of] His own blood. 13So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His contempt [the disgrace and shame that He had to suffer]. For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. 15Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name. 16Do not neglect to do good, to contribute [to the needy of the church as an expression of fellowship], for such sacrifices are always pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:14 word by word

οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν ὧδε μένουσαν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπιζητοῦμεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• hereὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• have weἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐou · noG3756
• continuingμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• we seekἐπιζητέωepizēteō · to seek afterG1934
• one to comeμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 13:14

• Hebrews 4:9So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.
• Hebrews 11:9By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
• Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
• Micah 2:10Arise and depart [because the captivity is inevitable], For this [land] is not the place of rest Because of the defilement that brings destruction, A painful and terrible destruction.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29But I say this, believers: the time has been shortened, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they did not;
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Philippians 3:20But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
• Colossians 3:1Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
• 1 Peter 4:7The end and culmination of all things is near. Therefore, be sound-minded and self-controlled for the purpose of prayer [staying balanced and focused on the things of God so that your communication will be clear, reasonable, specific and pleasing to Him.]
• 2 Peter 3:13But in accordance with His promise we expectantly await new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Commentaries on Hebrews 13:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For here have we no continuing city - Here is an elegant and forcible allusion to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem that was below was about to be burnt with fire, and erased to the ground; the Jerusalem that was from above was that alone which could be considered to be , permanent. The words seem to say: "Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest: it is polluted:" About seven or eight years after this, Jerusalem was wholly…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For here we have no continuing city … - We do not regard this as our final home, or our fixed abode, and we should be willing to bear reproaches during the little time that we are to remain here; compare notes, Hebrews 11:10, Hebrews 11:13-14. If, therefore, in consequence of our professed attachment to the Saviour, we should be driven away from our habitations, and compelled to wander, we should be willing to submit to it, for our permanent home is not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The instructions and examples of ministers, who honourably and comfortably closed their testimony, should be particularly remembered by survivors. And though their ministers were some dead, others dying, yet the great Head and High Priest of the church, the Bishop of their souls, ever lives, and is ever the same. Christ is the same in the Old Testament day. as in the gospel day, and will be so to his people for ever, equally merciful…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Like Abraham's family (Hebrews 11:9–16), we do not see this world as our permanent home. We are waiting for our future home, the heavenly city of Jerusalem (12:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. here--on earth. Those Hebrews who clung to the earthly sanctuary are representatives of all who cling to this earth. The earthly Jerusalem proved to be no "abiding city," having been destroyed shortly after this Epistle was written, and with it fell the Jewish civil and religious polity; a type of the whole of our present earthly order of things soon to perish. one to come--(He 2:5; 11:10, 14, 16; 12:22; Php 3:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 13:14

• Cities
• Death
• Faith
• Heaven
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Altar
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• Meat
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• Trust
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Commentaries on Hebrews 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings