²⁶ But the Jerusalem above^(A) is free, and she is our mother.

²⁰ Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.^(A)

²² Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels, a festive gathering,^(A)

¹⁴ For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.^(A)

¹² ‘The one who conquers I will make a pillar^(A) in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God – the new Jerusalem,^(B) which comes down out of heaven from my God – and my new name.^(C)