HEB 11:1 Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
HEB 11:2 For by it the saints of old won God's approval.
HEB 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible.
HEB 11:4 Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.
HEB 11:5 Through faith Enoch was taken from the earth so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken we have evidence that he truly pleased God.
HEB 11:6 But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.
HEB 11:7 Through faith Noah, being divinely taught about things as yet unseen, reverently gave heed and built an ark for the safety of his family, and by this act he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which depends on faith.
HEB 11:8 Through faith Abraham, upon being called to leave home and go into a land which he was soon to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going to.
HEB 11:9 Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country, living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him in the same promise;
HEB 11:10 for he continually looked forward to the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
HEB 11:11 Through faith even Sarah herself received strength to become a mother--although she was past the time of life for this--because she judged Him faithful who had given the promise.
HEB 11:12 And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands on the sea shore which cannot be counted.
HEB 11:13 All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;
HEB 11:14 for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are seeking elsewhere a country of their own.
HEB 11:15 And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return;
HEB 11:16 but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.
HEB 11:17 Through faith Abraham, as soon as God put him to the test, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had joyfully welcomed the promises was on the point of sacrificing his only son
HEB 11:18 with regard to whom he had been told, <"It is through Isaac that your posterity shall be traced.">
HEB 11:19 For he reckoned that God is even able to raise a man up from among the dead, and, figuratively speaking, it was from among the dead that he received Isaac again.
HEB 11:20 Through faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even in connexion with things soon to come.
HEB 11:21 Through faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and, leaning on the top of his staff, worshipped God.
HEB 11:22 Through faith Joseph, when he was near his end, made mention of the departure of the descendants of Israel, and gave orders about his own body.
HEB 11:23 Through faith the child Moses was hid for three months by his parents, because they saw his rare beauty; and the king's edict had no terror for them.
HEB 11:24 Through faith Moses, when he grew to manhood, refused to be known as Pharaoh's daughter's son,
HEB 11:25 having determined to endure ill-treatment along with the people of God rather than enjoy the short-lived pleasures of sin;
HEB 11:26 because he deemed the reproaches which he might meet with in the service of the Christ to be greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt; for he fixed his gaze on the coming reward.
HEB 11:27 Through faith he left Egypt, not being frightened by the king's anger; for he held on his course as seeing the unseen One.
HEB 11:28 Through faith he instituted the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.
HEB 11:29 Through faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing over dry land, but the Egyptians, when they tried to do the same, were swallowed up.
HEB 11:30 Through faith the walls of Jericho fell to the ground after being surrounded for seven days.
HEB 11:31 Through faith the notorious sinner Rahab did not perish along with the disobedient, for she had welcomed the spies and had sheltered them.
HEB 11:32 And why need I say more? For time will fail me if I tell the story of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, and of David and Samuel and the Prophets;
HEB 11:33 men who, as the result of faith, conquered whole kingdoms, brought about true justice, obtained promises from God, stopped lions' mouths,
HEB 11:34 deprived fire of its power, escaped being killed by the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight foreign armies.
HEB 11:35 Women received back their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were put to death with torture, refusing the deliverance offered to them--that they might secure a better resurrection.
HEB 11:36 Others again were tested by cruel mockery and by scourging; yes, and by chains and imprisonment.
HEB 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried by temptation, they were killed with the sword. They went from place to place in sheepskins or goatskins, enduring want, oppression and cruelty.
HEB 11:38 (They were men of whom the world was not worthy.) They wandered across deserts and mountains, or hid themselves in caves and in holes in the ground.
HEB 11:39 And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;
HEB 11:40 for God had provided for them and us something better, so that apart from us they were not to attain to full blessedness.
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