{"book":"Hebrews","slug":"hebrews","ch":11,"genre":"letter","sub":"Hebrews","prev":"hebrews/10","next":"hebrews/12","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now faith is [the] assurance of what [we] hope for [and the] certainty of what we do not see.","f":[],"h":"Faith and Assurance","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"This is why the ancients were commended.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain [did]. By [faith] he was commended as righteous [when] God gave approval to his gifts. And by [faith] he still speaks, [even though] he is dead.","f":[],"h":"The Faith of Abel, Enoch, Noah","style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"By faith Enoch was taken up [so that] he did not see death:“ He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.","f":["Literally transferred or translated","Genesis 5:24 (see also LXX)"],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And without faith [it is] impossible to please [God]. For anyone who approaches [Him] must believe that He exists and [that] He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By [faith] he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness [that] comes by faith.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as [his] inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.","f":[],"h":"The Faith of Abraham and Sarah","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"By faith he dwelt in the promised land as {a stranger} in a foreign [country]. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who [were] heirs with him of the same promise.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder [is] God.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"All these [people] died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw [them] and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"If they had been thinking of [the country] they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Instead, they were longing for a better [country], a heavenly [one]. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac [ on the altar ]. He who had received the promises was ready to offer [his] one and only son,","f":["Or only begotten son or unique son"],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"even though [God] had said to him,“ Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”","f":["Genesis 21:12"]},{"v":19,"t":"[Abraham] reasoned that God could raise [the] dead, [and] in a sense, he did receive [Isaac] back from [death].","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.","f":[],"h":"The Faith of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph","style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped [as he leaned] on the top of his staff.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"By faith [Moses’] parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw [that he was] a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.","f":[],"h":"The Faith of Moses","style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called [the] son of Pharaoh’s daughter.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience [the] fleeting enjoyment of sin.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"He valued disgrace for Christ {above} the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to [his] reward.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"By faith [Moses] left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw [Him who is] invisible.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer [of] the firstborn would not touch [Israel’s own] [ firstborn ].","f":[]},{"v":29,"t":"By faith [the people] passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; [but when] the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.","f":["Literally made an attempt"],"style":"reg"},{"v":30,"t":"By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after [the people] had marched around them for seven days.","f":[],"h":"The Faith of Many","style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":32,"t":"And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":33,"t":"who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, [and] gained what was promised; [who] shut [the] mouths of lions,","f":[]},{"v":34,"t":"quenched [the] raging fire, [and] escaped [the] edge of [the] sword; [who] gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, [and] put foreign armies {to flight}.","f":[]},{"v":35,"t":"Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured [and] refused [their] release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":36,"t":"[Still] others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.","f":[]},{"v":37,"t":"They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by [the] sword. They went around in sheepskins [and] goatskins, destitute, oppressed, [and] mistreated.","f":["NE, WH, BYZ, and TR include they were put to the test,"],"style":"reg"},{"v":38,"t":"The world was not worthy of [them]. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and [ hid in ] caves and holes in the ground.","f":[]},{"v":39,"t":"These {were} all commended for [their] faith, [yet] they did not receive what [was] promised.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":40,"t":"God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.","f":[]}]}