Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. and having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.
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If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.
and said to him: Get out from your land, and from your kindred, and come into a land that I will show you.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in caverns, and in dens of the earth.
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All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. and having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.
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Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; and thence, after his father died, he removed into this land, in which you now dwell. And he gave him no inheritance in it, not a foot breadth: and yet he promised to give it for a possession to him, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
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If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God; mind the things that are above, not the things that are on the earth:
Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
For we know that if our earthly house, which is but a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house that is from heaven, since, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. read more.
For we who are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not because we wish to be unclothed, but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now, he that has formed us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore, we are always confident, especially since we know that, while living in the body, we are absent from the Lord: for we walk by faith, not by sight: we are confident, indeed, and would be pleased rather to depart from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
For we who are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not because we wish to be unclothed, but clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now, he that has formed us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore, we are always confident, especially since we know that, while living in the body, we are absent from the Lord: for we walk by faith, not by sight: we are confident, indeed, and would be pleased rather to depart from the body, and to dwell 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 has 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 » All saints are
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners that are dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, 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, they could have had an 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, that is, a heavenly country; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, that he should be called their God: for he has 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,) wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in caverns, and in dens 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 having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
for he looked for a city that has foundations, whose architect 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 answered and said to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee; what, then, shall we have?
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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 having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then Peter answered and said to him: Behold, we have left all and followed thee; what, then, shall we have?
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Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, that he should be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not your life a greater gift than food, and your body than clothing?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and sojourners, that you keep yourselves from fleshly desires, 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 since you call on the Father, who, without respect of persons, judges 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 land, 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 promise, as in a strange land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.
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