Hebrews 11:13

Weymouth NT

All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;

Cross References

Matthew 13:17

For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

John 12:41

Isaiah uttered these words because he saw His glory; and he spoke of Him.

John 8:56

Abraham your forefather exulted in the hope of seeing my day: and he saw it, and was glad.«

Romans 4:21

and being absolutely certain that whatever promise He is bound by He is able also to make good.

Romans 8:24

It is in hope that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:6

We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;

Ephesians 2:19

You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's people and are members of His family.

Hebrews 11:14

for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are seeking elsewhere a country of their own.

Hebrews 11:17

Through faith Abraham, as soon as God put him to the test, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had joyfully welcomed the promises was on the point of sacrificing his only son

Hebrews 11:27

Through faith he left Egypt, not being frightened by the king's anger; for he held on his course as seeing the unseen One.

Hebrews 11:39

And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ: To God's own people scattered over the earth, who are living as foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,

1 Peter 1:17

And if you address as your Father Him who judges impartially in accordance with each man's actions, then spend in fear the time of your stay here on earth,

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.

1 John 3:19

And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence