Hebrews 11:14

For they who say such things show plainly that they are seeking a country.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

15And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return;

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Cross References

Romans 8:23and not only so, but even we ourselves also, though having the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption as sons, for the redemption of our body.

Philippians 1:23but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better;

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