Bible Verses About Pilgrims and Strangers: Saints are called to be

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.