Hebrews 11:14

For those who say such things make it plain that they are seeking a Fatherland.

Montgomery New Testament

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 yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

15And if they had cherished the memory of that land from which they went out, they would have found an opportunity to return;

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first- fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Philippians 1:23but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

Hebrews 13:14For we have not here an abiding city, but we are earnestly seeking the city that is to be.

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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