Hebrews 11:16
Greek Text— Hebrews 11:16But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”
Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations.
“You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”
Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.
He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”
Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled, and dared not look.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
“This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.”
that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.’
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.
“At that time,” says Yahweh, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
“Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it—Yahweh is his name, says:
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,