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Hebrews 11:13-16; 2 Corinthians 5:2
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Hebrews 11:13-16
13
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
14
People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
15
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16
Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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2 Corinthians 5:2
2
Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,
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