Hebrews 11:15

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

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

In Context

14For they who say such things show plainly that they are seeking a country.

16but now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he prepared for them a city.

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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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