Ephesians 3:6
3:6 namely, that through the gospel
the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members
of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26-28
3:26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.
3:27 For all of you who
were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave
nor free, there is neither male nor female
– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:26-31
4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free,
and she is our mother.
4:27 For it is written:
“Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children;
break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains,
because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous
than those of the woman who has a husband.”
4:28 But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.
4:29 But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now.
4:30 But what does the scripture say? “Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” of the free woman.
4:31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
Philippians 3:20
3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 12:22-24
12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city
of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
12:23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
12:24 and to Jesus, the mediator
of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.
Revelation 21:12-26
21:12 It has
a massive, high wall
with twelve gates,
with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel
are written on the gates.
21:13 There are
three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.
21:14 The
wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21:15 The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.
21:16 Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal).
21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.
21:18 The city’s wall is made of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
21:20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
21:22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerful – and the Lamb are its temple.
21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
21:24 The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.
21:25 Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).
21:26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealth of the nations into it,