“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one; therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them — the patriarchs yearned for (oregō) a better homeland (patris kreitton), the heavenly country. God's being not ashamed (epaidynomai) to be called their God constitutes the supreme reward: covenant relationship validated. The city prepared (hetoimazō) awaits the faithful.
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