So you are no longer outsiders and strangers. You are citizens together with God’s people. You are also members of God’s family.

这样，你们不再作外人和客旅，是与圣徒同国，是神家里的人了；

这样，你们不再是外人或客旅，是与圣徒同国，是上帝家里的人了，

这样，你们不再是外人或客旅，是与圣徒同国，是神家里的人了，

从此，你们不再是外人或过客，你们与众圣徒一样是天国的子民，是上帝家里的人了。

这样看来，你们不再是外人和客旅，而是与圣徒一同作国民，是神家里的人了，

由此可见，你们不再是外人，或寄居的；你们是圣徒的同国之民，是神家里的人，

這樣，你們不再作外人和客旅，是與聖徒同國，是神家裏的人了；

這樣，你們不再是外人或客旅，是與聖徒同國，是上帝家裏的人了，

這樣，你們不再是外人或客旅，是與聖徒同國，是神家裏的人了，

從此，你們不再是外人或過客，你們與眾聖徒一樣是天國的子民，是上帝家裡的人了。

這樣看來，你們不再是外人和客旅，而是與聖徒一同作國民，是神家裡的人了，

這樣，你們就不再是外人或僑民了，乃是聖徒同國之民，是上帝一家的人。

由此可見，你們不再是外人，或寄居的；你們是聖徒的同國之民，是神家裡的人，

如是爾不復為外人、為客旅、乃與聖徒同籍、為上帝之眷屬、

於是、爾曹不復為外邦異家、乃與聖徒一邦、與上帝之人一家、

如此、爾曹不復為外人、不復為客旅、乃與聖徒為一邦、為天主一家之人、

因此、爾等已不復為外人或賓旅、爾等與諸聖同為天國之公民、聖宅之家人。

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.

So, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow- citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

But we are citizens of heaven. And we can hardly wait for a Savior from there. He is the Lord Jesus Christ.

So when we can do good to everyone, let us do it. Let’s try even harder to do good to the family of believers.

See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They didn’t receive the things God had promised. They only saw them and welcomed them from a long way off. They openly said that they were outsiders and strangers on earth.

But you have come to Mount Zion. You have come to the city of the living God. This is the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to a joyful gathering of angels. There are thousands and thousands of them.You have come to the church of God’s people. God’s first and only Son is over all things. God’s people share in what belongs to his Son. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the Judge of all people. You have come to the spirits of godly people who have been made perfect.You have come to Jesus. He is the go- between of a new covenant. You have come to the sprinkled blood. It promises better things than the blood of Abel.

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God by believing in Christ.This is because all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. You have put him on as if he were your clothes.There is no Jew or Gentile. There is no slave or free person. There is no male or female. That’s because you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Here is the mystery. Because of the good news, God’s promises are for Gentiles as well as for Jews. Both groups are parts of one body. They share in the promise. It belongs to them because they belong to Christ Jesus.

It is enough for students to be like their teachers. And it is enough for slaves to be like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, what can the others who live there expect?

The city had a huge, high wall with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates, one at each of them. On the gates were written the names of the 12 tribes of Israel.There were three gates on the east and three on the north. There were three gates on the south and three on the west.The wall of the city had 12 foundations. Written on them were the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod. He used it to measure the city, its gates and its walls.The city was laid out like a square. It was as long as it was wide. The angel measured the city with the rod. It was 1,400 miles long. It was as wide and high as it was long.The angel measured the wall as human beings measure things. It was 200 feet thick.The wall was made out of jasper. The city was made out of pure gold, as pure as glass.The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of jewel. The first foundation was made out of jasper. The second was made out of sapphire. The third was made out of agate. The fourth was made out of emerald.The fifth was made out of onyx. The sixth was made out of ruby. The seventh was made out of chrysolite. The eighth was made out of beryl. The ninth was made out of topaz. The tenth was made out of turquoise. The eleventh was made out of jacinth. The twelfth was made out of amethyst.The 12 gates were made from 12 pearls. Each gate was made out of a single pearl. The main street of the city was made out of gold. It was gold as pure as glass that people can see through clearly.I didn’t see a temple in the city. That’s because the Lamb and the Lord God who rules over all are its temple.The city does not need the sun or moon to shine on it. God’s glory is its light, and the Lamb is its lamp.The nations will walk by the light of the city. The kings of the world will bring their glory into it.Its gates will never be shut, because there will be no night there.The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.

From the Father every family in heaven and on earth gets its name.

Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free. She is our mother.It is written,“ Be glad, woman, you who have never had children. Shout for joy and cry out loud, you who have never had labor pains. The woman who is all alone has more children than the woman who has a husband.”( Isaiah 54:1)Brothers and sisters, you are children because of God’s promise just as Isaac was.At that time, the son born in the usual way tried to hurt the other son. The other son was born by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the same now.But what does Scripture say?“ Get rid of the slave woman. Get rid of her son. The slave woman’s son will never have a share of the family’s property. He’ll never share it with the free woman’s son.”( Genesis 21:10)Brothers and sisters, we are not the slave woman’s children. We are the free woman’s children.