Nonetheless, the lesson Paul drew is powerful: “In faith all these [including Abraham and his family] died, although they did not get the fulfillment of the promises, but they saw them afar off and welcomed them and publicly declared that they were strangers and temporary residents in the land. ”
Meskipun demikian, pelajaran yang Paulus tunjukkan sangatlah ampuh. Ia mengatakan, ” Dalam iman, mereka semua [termasuk Abraham dan keluarganya] mati walaupun tidak mengalami penggenapan janji itu, tetapi mereka melihatnya dari kejauhan dan menyambutnya dan menyatakan di depan umum bahwa mereka adalah orang - orang asing dan penduduk sementara di negeri itu. ”