Thematic Bible: As saints they
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
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If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on things on the earth.
Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
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. For while in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven; since, indeed, when we have put off our present garment, we shall not be found naked. read more.
For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge. We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge. We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For the country of which we are citizens is heaven, whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Invite others to go with them
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
but now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he prepared for them a city.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
for he was looking for the city which hath foundations, whose maker and builder is God.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then Peter answering said to him, Lo! we left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Rejoice in the statutes of God
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pass their sojourning in fear
And if ye call him Father who without respect of persons judgeth according to each ones work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
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;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
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;
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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 air have lodgingplaces; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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