Hebrews 11:10

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

World English Bible Classic

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 lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

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Cross References

John 14:2In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

Hebrews 13:14For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

Revelation 21:10He 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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