Hebrews 11:10

For Abraham was looking forward to a city built on foundations that last, with God as its builder and maker.

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In The King James Version

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

In Context

9Trusting in God he lived in the promised land—but as a foreigner, living in tents, together with Isaac and Jacob who shared with him in inheriting the same promise.

11By her trust in God even Sarah herself was given the ability to conceive a child though she was too old, because she trusted God who had made the promise.

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Cross References

John 14:2In my Father's house there are many rooms. If this wasn't so I would have told you. I'm going to prepare a place for you.

Philippians 3:20But our homeland is heaven, and we're waiting for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from there too.

Hebrews 12:22But you have arrived at Mount Zion, the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands and thousands of angels.

Hebrews 13:14For we don't have a permanent city to live in here; we're looking for the home that is still to come.

Revelation 21:10He took me in the Spirit to the top of a very high mountain. There he showed me the holy city Jerusalem descending from God out of heaven,

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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