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Phil. 3:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
conversation
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
politeuma (Greek #4175)
a community, i.e. (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively)
KJV usage: conversa tion.
Pronounce: pol-it'-yoo-mah
Origin: from 4176
p is
huparcho (Greek #5225)
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
KJV usage: after, behave, live.
Pronounce: hoop-ar'-kho
Origin: from 5259 and 756
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
heaven
ouranos (Greek #3772)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV usage: air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Pronounce: oo-ran-os'
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation)
; from
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
whence
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
also
hou (Greek #3757)
at which place, i.e. where
KJV usage: where(-in), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: hoo
Origin: genitive case of 3739 as adverb
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
we look
apekdechomai (Greek #553)
to expect fully
KJV usage: look (wait) foreign
Pronounce: ap-ek-dekh'-om-ahee
Origin: from 575 and 1551
q for the Saviour
soter (Greek #4990)
a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ
KJV usage: saviour.
Pronounce: so-tare'
Origin: from 4982
, the Lord
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
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Eph. 2:6,19• 6and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the household of God, (Eph. 2:6,19)
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Heb. 9:28• 28so also the Christ, having been once offered to bear sins of many, shall appear a second time apart from sin to those that look for him unto salvation. (Heb. 9:28)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Phil. 1:18‑21• 18What then? Notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is announced, and in this I rejoice, yea, and I will rejoice;
 19for I know that this will turn to me for salvation through your supplication and [the] supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
 20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed; but in all boldness, as always now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
 21For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain; (Phil. 1:18‑21)
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Psa. 16:11• 11Thou wilt show me the path of life,{HR}Fullness of joys in thy presence,{HR}Pleasures at thy right hand forever. (Psa. 16:11)
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Psa. 17:15• 15As for me, in righteousness I shall behold thy face;{HR}I shall be satisfied in awaking [with] thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
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Psa. 73:24‑26• 24By thy counsel thou wilt guide me,{HR}And after glory wilt receive me.
 25Whom have I in the heavens?{HR}And beside thee none I desire upon the earth.
 26My flesh and my heart faileth;{HR}Rock of my heart and my portion [is] God forever. (Psa. 73:24‑26)
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Prov. 15:24• 24The path of life [is] upward for the wise,{HR}That he may depart from Sheol beneath. (Prov. 15:24)
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Matt. 6:19‑21• 19Lay not up for you treasures on the earth where moth and rust consume, and where thieves dig through and steal;
 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust corrupteth, and where thieves dig not through nor steal.
 21For where thy treasure is, there will be thy heart also. (Matt. 6:19‑21)
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Matt. 19:21• 21{i}Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to [the] poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.{/i} (Matt. 19:21)
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Luke 12:21,32‑34• 21Thus is he who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
 32{i}Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.{/i}
 33Sell that which ye possess, and give alms; {i}make to yourselves purses which do not grow old,{/i} a treasure which doth not fail in the heavens, where thief doth not draw near, nor moth destroy.
 34For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. (Luke 12:21,32‑34)
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Luke 14:14• 14and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means] to recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:14)
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2 Cor. 4:18• 18while we have the eye not on the things that are seen, but on those not seen, for the things seen [are] temporary, but those not seen, eternal. (2 Cor. 4:18)
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2 Cor. 5:1,8• 1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle-house be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, everlasting in the heavens.
 8we are confident and well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (2 Cor. 5:1,8)
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Eph. 2:6,19• 6and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the household of God, (Eph. 2:6,19)
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Col. 1:5• 5on account of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, (Col. 1:5)
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Col. 3:1‑3• 1If therefore ye were raised with Christ, seek the things above, where the Christ is seated on [the] right hand of God.
 2Set your mind on the things above, not on those on the earth.
 3For ye died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God. (Col. 3:1‑3)
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Heb. 10:34‑35• 34for ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and abiding substance.
 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, the which hath great recompense. (Heb. 10:34‑35)
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1 Peter 1:3‑4• 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [the] dead,
 4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in [the] heavens for you (1 Peter 1:3‑4)
conversation.
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Isa. 26:1‑2• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah.
 2Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in. (Isa. 26:1‑2)
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Gal. 4:26• 26But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother, (Gal. 4:26)
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Eph. 2:19• 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the household of God, (Eph. 2:19)
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Heb. 12:22• 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage; (Heb. 12:22)
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Rev. 21:10‑27• 10And he carried me away in {i}the{/i} Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God.
 11Its light {i}was{/i} like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal;
 12it had a wall great and high; it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of {i}the{/i} sons of Israel:
 13on {i}the{/i} east three gates, and on {i}the{/i} north three gates, and on {i}the{/i} south three gates, and on {i}the{/i} west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that talked with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and the gates of it and the wall of it.
 16And the city lieth quadrangular, and the length of it {i}is{/i} as much as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed (twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 17And he measured the wall of it, an hundred forty {i}and{/i} four cubits, a man's measure which is of {i}the{/i} angel.
 18And the building of its wall was jasper; and the city pure gold like pure glass.
 19The foundations of the wall of the city {i}were{/i} adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprasus, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
 21And the twelve gates {i}were{/i} twelve pearls; each one of the gates severally was of one pearl: and the street of the city pure gold as transparent glass.
 22And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it.
 25And the gates of it shall in no wise be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.
 26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it.
 27And there shall in no wise enter into it anything common, and {i}one{/i} practicing abomination and a lie; but those that are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 21:10‑27)
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Acts 1:11• 11who also said, Men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus that was received up from you into heaven shall so come in the manner in which ye beheld him going into heaven. (Acts 1:11)
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1 Thess. 4:16• 16because the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout of command, with archangel's voice, and with trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; (1 Thess. 4:16)
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2 Thess. 1:7‑8• 7and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power
 8in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; (2 Thess. 1:7‑8)
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Rev. 1:7• 7Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and those which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail on account of him. Yea, Amen. (Rev. 1:7)
we look.
Phil. 1:10• 10that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be pure and without offense against [the] day of Christ, (Phil. 1:10)
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1 Cor. 1:7• 7so that ye come not short in any gift, awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 1:7)
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1 Thess. 1:10• 10and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus that delivered us from the coming wrath. (1 Thess. 1:10)
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2 Tim. 4:8• 8henceforth is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day; and not to me only, but also to all those that love his appearing. (2 Tim. 4:8)
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Titus 2:13• 13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)
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Heb. 9:28• 28so also the Christ, having been once offered to bear sins of many, shall appear a second time apart from sin to those that look for him unto salvation. (Heb. 9:28)
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2 Peter 3:12‑14• 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [day] heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and elements in fervent heat shall melt?
 13But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 14Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, use diligence, spotless and blameless to be found by him in peace; (2 Peter 3:12‑14)
• Salvation is always viewed in this epistle as the final result of the conflict, the result due to the almighty power of the Lord. (“Philippians 3” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for *our* commonwealthh has its existence in the heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour,

JND Translation Notes

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"Commonwealth" does not satisfy me, but "citizenship" gives a different idea. "Conversation" is wrong, though it be a practical consequence. It is "associations of life," as, "I am born an Englishman."

W. Kelly Translation

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For our commonwealtha has its being in [the] heavensb, from whence also we await [as] Saviourc [the] Lord Jesus Christ,

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "conversation."
b
See note to .
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We await as Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation in this epistle is regarded as incomplete till the body of our humiliation has its fashion changed into conformity with the body of His glory.