Hebrews 11:9

By faith he lived as a resident alien in the land of the promise, as if it were someone else's country. He lived in tents, along with Isaac and Jacob, his fellow heirs of that same promise.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Heb. xi. 9

    …his counsel;” as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are said to be “heirs of the same promise,” Heb. xi. 9. God had from the foundation of the world made a most excellent promise in Christ…

  2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New cites Heb. 11:9

    …God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city,” (Heb. 11:9, 10, 13–16). They had been duller than blocks in so pertinaciously pursuing promises, no…

  3. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Abraham cites Hebrews 11:8-10

    …was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God” (Hebrews 11:8-10). The classic example of the life of faith, used by Paul, James, and the author of the…

  4. Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Hebrews 11:8-10

    …and became dependent on the slave traders he had come to expose. Scriptures to revisit Hebrews 11:8-10; 2 Corinthians 1:8-9. Reflection 1. Have you ever had to depend on people whose ways you…

  5. Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Hebrews 11:8-10

    …into a land only just released from the terror of the Free State. Scriptures to revisit Hebrews 11:8-10; Matthew 6:33; Philippians 4:19. Reflection 1. How should a married Christian decide when…

  6. 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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