Hebrews 11:14

For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

Revised Version 1895

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 greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

15And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only so, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Philippians 1:23But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

Hebrews 13:14For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city 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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