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 moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:
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If ye then are risen with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sitteth at the right-hand of God. Set your affections on the things above, not the things on the earth.
Sell what ye have and give alms: provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
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. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon, with our house which is from heaven: If being clothed, we shall not be found naked. read more.
For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; not that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us to this very thing is God, who hath also given us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we always behave undauntedly; knowing that while we are sojourning in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight.) We behave undauntedly, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.
For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; not that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us to this very thing is God, who hath also given us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we always behave undauntedly; knowing that while we are sojourning in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight.) We behave undauntedly, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present 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 simple, the sons of God, unrebukable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
who mind earthly things) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And truly if they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they might 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 they now desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared a city for them.
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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 dens, and caves of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and embraced them, and confest 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 looked for the city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker 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 answered Peter and said to him, Behold we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What shall we have therefore?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and embraced them, and confest 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
Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly desires,
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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 on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning 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 promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint heirs 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 promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint heirs of the same promise.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
But Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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