Hebrews 11:10

for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Revised Version 1895

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 became a sojourner 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 seed 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 mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

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

Hebrews 12:22but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

Hebrews 13:14For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and shewed 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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