Hebrews 11:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Cross References

Exodus 2:22

She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are 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

These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Hebrews 11:15

If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:16

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

Hebrews 13:14

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come.