Hebrews 11:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Cross References

Exodus 2:22

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been an alien residing in a foreign land.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen, for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

Philippians 1:23

I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better,

Hebrews 11:13

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Hebrews 11:15

If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:16

But as it is, they desire a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 13:14

For here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.