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 remaineth therefore a sabbathrest to the people of God.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
Hebrews 12:22
but ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads, the general assembly of angels;
1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us, in a higher and still higher degree, an everlasting weight of glory;
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that, if our earthly tenthabitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20
For the country of which we are citizens is heaven, whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
2 Peter 3:13
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.