Hebrews 11:14

For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

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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 promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

15If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

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Cross References

Romans 8:23Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

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

Hebrews 13:14For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek 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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