Thematic Bible: As saints they
Thematic Bible
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
Verse Concepts
If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Think on the things above, not the things on the earth.
Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
Verse Concepts
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. For also in this we groan, longing to clothe ourselves with our habitation from heaven, if indeed also having put it on we will not be found naked. read more.
For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life. Now he who wrought us for this same thing is God, who also gave us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore always being confident, and knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord.
For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life. Now he who wrought us for this same thing is God, who also gave us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore always being confident, and knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Thy bars shall be iron and brass, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Verse Concepts
Passing through the valley of weeping they make it a place of springs. Yea, the early rain covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Verse Concepts
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace. I am [for] peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
O send out thy light and thy truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Verse Concepts
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces toward it, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which also we await a Savior, Lord Jesus Christ,
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which LORD said, I will give it to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good, for LORD has spoken good concerni
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces toward it, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But now they aspire for a superior one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
For he anticipated the city that has the foundations, whose builder and architect is God.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then having answered, Peter said to him, Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What then will be for us?
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Rejoice in the statutes of God
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pass their sojourning in fear
And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn in fear.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.
Verse Concepts
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has not where he might lay his head.
Verse Concepts