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- Because as for us - Paul is including his audience in the use of "us". (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_inclusive)
- our citizenship is in heaven - "our homeland is in heaven" or "our true home is in heaven"
- from where we also wait for a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ - "and we are waiting for a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to return to earth from heaven"
- He will transform our lowly bodies - "He will change our weak, earthly bodies"
- into bodies formed like His glorious body - "into bodies like his glorious body"
- formed by His power to control all things - This can be translated as a new sentence and with an active clause: "He will change our bodies with the same power He uses to control all things." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)