To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

 The Greek word for such a sojourner in a strange land is paroikos ( G3941) . A paroikos was a man who was in a strange land and whose thoughts ever turned home. Such a sojourning was called a paroikia ( G3940) ; and paroikia is the direct derivation of the English word parish. The Christians in any place are a group of people whose eyes are turned to God and whose loyalty is beyond. "Here," said the writer to the Hebrews, "we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come" ( Hebrews 13:14). 