Hebrews 11:16
“But now they desire a better countrey, that is, an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to bee called their God: for he hath prepared for thē a city.”
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Hebrews 11:16 Context
14For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seeke a countrey. 15And truly if they had been mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they might haue had opportunitie to haue returned: 16But now they desire a better countrey, that is, an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to bee called their God: for he hath prepared for thē a city. 17By faith Abraham when he was tried, offered vp Isaac: and he that had receiued the promises, offered vp his onely begotten sonne, 18Of whom it was said, That, in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
- King James Version
But as it is, they desire a better {country,} that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)