hebrews 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

hebrews 11:14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

14. For--proof that "faith" (Heb 11:13) was their actuating principle.
declare plainly--make it plainly evident.
seek--Greek, "seek after"; implying the direction towards which their desires ever tend.
a country--rather as Greek, "a fatherland." In confessing themselves strangers here, they evidently imply that they regard not this as their home or fatherland, but seek after another and a better.

hebrews 11:14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

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