11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, 1 but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners 2 on the earth.
Hebrews 11:40
11:40 For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. 3
1 tnGrk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.
2 tn Or “sojourners.”
3 tn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that they would not be made perfect without us.”