2 Bible Verses about Examples Of Patriotism

(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.' Now people who speak in this way plainly show they are in search of a fatherland. If they thought of the land they have left behind, they would have time to go back,read more.
but they really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)

I could have wished myself accursed and banished from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen;