“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”
For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city that is to come — we are pilgrims; earthly cities have no permanence (menō). We seek (zeteo) the coming city (polis), the heavenly Jerusalem. This motivates renunciation of social acceptance.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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