ESV Reformation Study Bible – Phil 3:20
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Phil 3:20

3:20 our citizenship. Just as Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), the church is a colony of heaven.

we await. This anticipation is a counterpart to the longing of 1:23. All other instances of this verb in Paul’s epistles have a similar focus (Rom. 8:19, 23, 25; 1 Cor. 1:7; Gal. 5:5).