Hebrews 11:14

for those saying such things make apparent that they seek a country;

Literal Standard 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, having not received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having been persuaded, and having greeted [them], and having confessed that they are strangers and sojourners on the earth,

15and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only [so], but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting adoption—the redemption of our body;

Philippians 1:23for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

Hebrews 13:14for we have no abiding city here, 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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