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20 But our citizenship[a] is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 3:20 Citizenship: Christians constitute a colony of heaven, as Philippi was a colonia of Rome (Acts 16:12). The hope Paul expresses involves the final coming of Christ, not a status already attained, such as the opponents claim.

13 as we await the blessed hope, the appearance[a] of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ,(A)

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  1. 2:13 The blessed hope, the appearance: literally, “the blessed hope and appearance,” but the use of a single article in Greek strongly suggests an epexegetical, i.e., explanatory sense. Of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ: another possible translation is “of our great God and savior Jesus Christ.”