Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Bible References
General references
Hebrews 4:9
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
Micah 2:10
Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
1 Corinthians 7:29
But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
2 Peter 3:13
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.