Heb 11:16, 1Pe 2:9-10 | ESV | STEP | 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 for them a city .

Hebrews 11:16

16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed ^ato be called their God, for ^bhe has prepared for them a city.

1 Peter 2:9-10

9 But you are ^ca chosen race, ^da royal ^epriesthood, ^fa holy nation, ^ga people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^hout of darkness into ⁱhis marvelous light. 10 ^jOnce you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.