Hebrews 11:13

All these died still holding to faith. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it from far off and welcomed it, and they openly said that they were foreigners and passing visitors on the earth.
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Where it is preached

  1. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd · David Brainerd

    From his being licensed to preach, till he was commissioned as a Missionary cites Heb. 11:13

    …thing to do with this world. The character given of some of the ancient people of God, in Heb. 11:13, was very pleasing to me, “They confessed that they were pilgrims and strangers on the…

  2. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    The Confession of Faith cites Hebrews 11:13

    …God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city” (Hebrews 11:13-16). It would appear that the writer of this book is referring to the ‘many’ of verse 12…

  3. Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone · Ochorus Originals

    The Sentence of Death cites Hebrews 11:13

    …“not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar” (Hebrews 11:13, ASV). Livingstone was not looking for a heavenly city. He was looking for the fountains…

  4. With Christ in the School of Prayer · Andrew Murray

    The Boldness of God’s Friends cites Heb. xi. 13

    …it. There is a faith that sees the promise, and embraces it, and yet does not receive it (Heb. xi. 13, 39). It is when the answer to prayer does not come, and the promise we are most firmly…

  5. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    Meditation on the Future Life cites HEBREWS 11:13

    …and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. HEBREWS 11:13 Contempt without ingratitude Calvin speaks strongly of despising the present life, and a…

  6. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    Conclusion cites HEBREWS 11:13

    …and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. HEBREWS 11:13 At the end of the First Part of The Pilgrim’s Progress, Bunyan turns to his reader in a…

  7. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    The Life of Faith cites HEBREWS 11:13

    …promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them. HEBREWS 11:13 Baxter drew out the sequence: they saw, they were persuaded, they embraced. Sight first —…

  8. Days of Heaven Upon Earth · A. B. Simpson

    April cites Heb. xi. 13

    …that the very God of peace will sanctify you wholly? April 26 “Strangers and pilgrims” (Heb. xi. 13). If you have ever tried to plough a straight furrow in the country—we are sorry for the…

  9. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites Hebrews 11:13

    …preciousness. Blessed rose, bloom in my heart forever! May 2 “These all died in faith.” (Hebrews 11:13) Behold the epitaph of all those blessed saints who fell asleep before the coming of our…

  10. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    What About People Who Lived Before Jesus? cites Hebrews 11:13

    …the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar” (Hebrews 11:13). And then the chapter ends with something beautiful: “God had planned something better…

  11. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Heb. xi. 13

    …and rejoiced; and he and the other Patriarchs died in the faith of the promise of it, (Heb. xi. 13.) But on this supposition, their faith, their comfort, and their salvation, was built on…

  12. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites Heb. 11:13-16

    …world, and that they were going to their own country, which was the heavenly Jerusalem, Heb. 11:13-16; and that they had given no occasion to the men of the town, nor yet to the…

  13. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    March cites Heb 11:10-13

    …accumulation in the bank, we reach out our hands towards the city that hath foundations (Heb 11:10-13). But when we buy a field, we are often preoccupied and engrossed with it, and all it…

  14. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    The Scriptural Knowledge Institution cites Heb. xi. 13-16

    …to read on in the Scriptures where I left off last evening. In doing so, when I came to Heb. xi. 13-16, I felt that this was the text. Having prayed, I was confirmed in it, and the Lord was…

  15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Fight cites Heb. xi. 2-27

    …Messiah. They saw Him that is invisible. “By faith the elders obtained a good report.” (Heb. xi. 2-27.) Let us turn to the pages of early Church history. Let us see how the primitive…

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