Hebrews 11:14

For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek [their] country.

Darby Translation

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 received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

15And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only [that], but even *we* ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, [that is] the redemption of our body.

Philippians 1:23But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for] [it is] very much better,

Hebrews 13:14for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.

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 →

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