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 rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint heirs of the same promise.
Hebrews 12:22
But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that even they that have wives, be as if they had none: And they that weep, as if they wept not;
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory:
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20
who mind earthly things) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the 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
Nevertheless we look for new heavens and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousness.