Thematic Bible: Pilgrims and strangers
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Saints are called to be
"So, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own goods, cannot be My disciple.
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"If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple. And whosoever does not bear his own cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.
and said to him, 'Go forth from your country, and from your kindred, and came into the land which I will show you,'
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
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These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Then, having come forth out of the land of the Chaldaeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell; and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth; and He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his Seed after him, when he had no child.
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 consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;
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If, therefore, ye were raised up with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Keep thinking of the things above, not of the things on the earth,
Sell what ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses that grow not old, a treasure unfailing in Heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts;
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Long for their pilgrimage to end
For we know that, if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. For verily, in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from Heaven; if, indeed, being also clothed, we will not be found naked. read more.
For, indeed, we who are in the tabernacle groan, being weighed down; not that we wish to be unclothed, but be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now He Who wrought us for this very thing is God, Who gave to us the earnest of the Spirit. Being, therefore, always of good courage, and knowing that, while dwelling in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith and not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
For, indeed, we who are in the tabernacle groan, being weighed down; not that we wish to be unclothed, but be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now He Who wrought us for this very thing is God, Who gave to us the earnest of the Spirit. Being, therefore, always of good courage, and knowing that, while dwelling in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith and not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased 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 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 of the Dispersion in 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 ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Have a heavenly conversation
For our citizenship is in Heaven, whence also we are waiting for a 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 country from which they went 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 long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, 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), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Keep the promises in view
These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed 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 waiting for the city which has the 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, answering, said to Him, "Behold, 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 according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » Apostles
Then Peter, answering, said to Him, "Behold, we 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 long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city.
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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 may eat, or what ye may drink; nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
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Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly desires, which, indeed, 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 on Him as Father, Who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each one'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 a foreign 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 a foreign 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, even 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 heaven lodging-places; but the Son of Man hath not where to recline His head."
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