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 ¹³All 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. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. ¹⁴People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. ¹⁵If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶Instead, 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.

 ⁸By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. ⁹By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

 ¹¹By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he^[a]considered him faithful who had made the promise. ¹²And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

  ¹²See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. ¹³But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. ¹⁴We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first. ¹⁵As has just been said:    ”Today, if you hear his voice,       do not harden your hearts    as you did in the rebellion.”^[a]

Hebrews 3:12-15 (King James Version)

 ⁶Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷We live by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:6-7 (King James Version)

Romans 5

Peace and Joy

 ¹Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we^[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:1-2 (King James Version)

  ¹⁶“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,^[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (King James Version)

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 ⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is eternal;        it stands firm in the heavens. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations;        you established the earth, and it endures.

 ⁹¹ Your laws endure to this day,        for all things serve you.

Psalm 119:89-91 (King James Version)

  ²³May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

Thessalonians 5:23-24 (King James Version)

  ⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,        when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.        So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,        never to rebuke you again.

 ¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken        and the hills be removed,        yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken        nor my covenant of peace be removed,”        says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:9-10 (King James Version)