Hebrews 11:14

Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

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Cross References

Romans 8:23Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Philippians 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

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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