26 Bible Verses about Saints, As Pilgrims
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And Jesus said unto him - the foxes, have, dens, and, the birds of heaven, nests; but, the Son of Man, hath not where, his head, he may recline.
Passing through the balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.
By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;
To Zion, shall they ask the way, Hitherward, their faces, Come and let us join ourselves unto Yahweh, In a covenant age-abiding, which shall not be forgotten.
In faith, all these died - not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land.
Then, making answer, Peter said unto him - Lo! we, have left all, and followed thee, - What then shall there be, for us?
But, now, after a better one, are they reaching, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be invoked as, their God, - for he hath prepared for them, a city.
And, if, as Father, ye are invoking him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each man's work, with reverence, for the time of your sojourning, behave ye;
Send forth thy light and thy faithfulness, Let, them, lead me, Let them bring me into thy holy mountain, and into thy habitations:
For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await, - The Lord Jesus Christ, -
Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar! Long, hath my soul had her dwelling with him that hateth peace:
And, if indeed of that they had been mindful, from which they had come out, they might, in that case, have had an opportunity, to return;
In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,
Then said Moses to Hobab, son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses: Setting forward, are we unto the place of which Yahweh hath said, The same, will I give unto you, - Oh come with us and we will do thee good, for, Yahweh, hath spoken good, concerning Israel.
Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar! Long, hath my soul had her dwelling with him that hateth peace: I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!
I, have given them thy word, and, the world, hated them, because they are not of the world - even as, I, am not of the world.
Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Sell your possessions, and give alms, make for yourselves purses that wax not old, - treasure unfailing, in the heavens, where, thief, doth not draw near, and, moth, doth not spoil.
If, therefore, ye have been raised together with the Christ, the things on high, be seeking, where, the Christ, is - on the right hand of God, sitting; The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:
For this cause, I say unto you: Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, - or for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not, the life, more than, the food? And, the body, than, the raiment?
Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:
For we know that - -if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens. And verily, in this, we sigh, earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves over, with our habitation which is of heaven, - Although, indeed, even clothing ourselves, we shall not be found, naked; -read more.
And verily, we who are in the tent, do sigh, being weighed down, while yet we are not wishing to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves over, - in order that, what is mortal, may be swallowed up, by life. Now, he that hath wrought us for this very thing, is, God, - who hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit, Having good courage, therefore, at all times, and knowing that - remaining at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, - By faith, are we walking, not by sight; - We have good courage, however, and are well pleased - rather to be away from home, out of the body, and to come home, unto the Lord.