Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey. {swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire} --- Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up. {groweth...: or, is changed} In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. --- He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. --- And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. --- They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: {endure: Heb. stand} But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end. --- Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
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