Hebrews 11:15

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Hebrews 11:15

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

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KJV

King James Version

And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

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WEB

World English Bible

If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And indeed if they had been remembering that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Hebrews 11

¹³ All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

¹⁴ Now those who say such things show that they are seeking 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.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

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