Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
Thematic Bible
Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.
For we are strangers before You, and pilgrims, as our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and none abides.
Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
And Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house into a land that I will show you.
So then, everyone of you who does not forsake all his possessions, he cannot be My disciple.
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, he cannot be My disciple.
And He said to him, "Go out from your land and from your kindred, and come into a land which I shall show you."
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth.
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
I am a stranger and a visitor with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
For we are strangers before You, and pilgrims, as our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and none abides.
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, he moved into this land in which you now dwell. And He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not even a foot-breadth. And He promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth.
Sell what you have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which do not become old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes nor moth corrupts.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
And I said, Who will give to me wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling-place out of Heaven; if indeed in being clothed, we shall not be found naked. read more.
For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that the mortal might be swallowed up by the life. And He who has worked in us for this same thing is God, who also is giving to us the earnest of the Spirit. Then being always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; then we are confident and we are pleased rather to go away from home out of the body, and to come home to the Lord.
For we who are in this tabernacle groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that the mortal might be swallowed up by the life. And He who has worked in us for this same thing is God, who also is giving to us the earnest of the Spirit. Then being always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; then we are confident and we are pleased rather to go away from home out of the body, and to come home to the Lord.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are strengthened by God
Your shoes shall be iron and bronze. And as your days, so shall your strength be.
Passing through the valley of weeping, they will make it a fountain; the early rain also covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength, appearing in Zion before God.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are exposed to persecution
I have given them Your Word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Woe is me, that I live in Mesech; I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul has long dwelt with a hater of peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Pray for direction
Oh send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill, and to Your tabernacles.
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces there, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten.
Pilgrims and strangers » All saints are
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, of Galatia, of Cappadocia, of Asia, and of Bithynia,
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.
Pilgrims and strangers » Typified
And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they traveled.
And you shall eat of it this way, with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in a hurry. It is Jehovah's passover.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Shine as lights in the world
so that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world,
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which also we are looking for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not mindful of this world
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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 going to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it to you. Come with us, and we will do you good. For Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have their faces toward zion
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces there, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly country
But now they stretch forth to a better fatherland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » The world is not worthy of
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Look for a heavenly city
For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Hate worldly fellowship
Woe is me, that I live in Mesech; I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul has long dwelt with a hater of peace.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Forsake all for Christ
Then answering Peter said to Him, Behold, we have forsaken all and have followed You. Therefore what shall we have?
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Die in faith
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then answering Peter said to Him, Behold, we have forsaken all and have followed You. Therefore what shall we have?
Pilgrims and strangers » God is not ashamed to be called their God
But now they stretch forth to a better fatherland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should not be over anxious about worldly things
Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as temporary residents and pilgrims 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 you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear,
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are not at home in this world
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Are actuated by faith
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and I have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » David
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.
Pilgrims and strangers » Described
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have the example of Christ
And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.