Hebrews 11:14

For those who say such things show that they are seeking a fatherland.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

In Context

13All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.

15And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return.

Read all of Hebrews 11

Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Philippians 1:23And I am constrained by the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, being far better.

Hebrews 13:14For here we have no enduring city, but we seek that which is coming.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Hebrews 11:14