Hebrews 11:10

for he was looking for the city which hath foundations, whose maker and builder is God.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

11Through faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive, even when she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had promised.

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Cross References

John 14:2In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. For I go away to prepare a place for you;

Philippians 3:20For the country of which we are citizens is heaven, whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 12:22but ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads, the general assembly of angels;

Hebrews 13:14for here we have no abiding city, but are seeking that which is to come.

Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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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