Hebrews 11
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v1
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
v2
For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
v3
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
v4
By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
v5
By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
v6
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
v7
By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
v8
By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
v9
By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
v10
For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
v11
By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
v12
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
v13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
v14
For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
v15
If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
v16
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
v17
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,
v18
to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,“
v19
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
v20
By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
v21
By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
v22
By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
v23
By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
v24
By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
v25
choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,
v26
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
v27
By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
v28
By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
v29
By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
v30
By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.
v31
By faith, Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
v32
What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
v33
who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
v34
quenched the power of fire, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
v35
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
v36
Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
v37
They were stoned. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
v38
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
v39
These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
v40
God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.