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For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
They seek
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They seek
Hebrews 11:16
But now their longing desires are after a better country, that is, the heavenly one: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared a city for them.
Hebrews 13:14
For we have not here an abiding city, but we earnestly seek that which is to come.
Romans 8:23
And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting the adoption, the redemption of our body.
2 Corinthians 4:18
whilst we direct our aim not to the things which are seen, but to the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:1
FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 1:23
For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:
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Hebrews 13:14
For we have not here an abiding city, but we earnestly seek that which is to come.