17 Bijbelverzen over het leven op aarde

The Bible treats life on earth as a gift and a task from God, short and often hard, and lived by his people as strangers who belong to a better country. Hebrews 11:13 calls them “foreigners and strangers on earth,” Genesis 1:28 gives the task, Genesis 3:19 the hardship after the fall, and Psalm 90:12 and James 4:14 the brevity. John 16:33 promises trouble “in this world,” Philippians 3:20 places a Christian’s citizenship in heaven, and Revelation 21:1 looks to…