Heb 11
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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For by it the elders obtained witness.
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By faith we understand that time [itself] was framed by a command of God, so that
the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
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By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying concerning his gifts; and through
it, although he died, he still speaks.
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By faith Enoch was translated [so as] not to see death, "and he was not found, because
God translated him"; for before his translation he had obtained witness that he was
pleasing to God.
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But without faith it is impossible to please [God], for it is necessary [for] the
[one] approaching God to believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him.
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By faith Noah, having being warned [by God] concerning the things[ ]not yet seen,
being reverent, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, through which
he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according
to faith.
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By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go forth to the place which he was about
to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
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By faith he migrated into a land of promise as [in] a foreign [land], dwelling in
tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise;
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for he waited for the city having foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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By faith Sarah herself also received power for conception of seed, and she bore a
child past the normal age, because she regarded [Him] faithful who had promised.
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Therefore even from one [man ]they were begotten, and him as good as dead, just as
the stars of the sky in multitude, and innumerable as the sand by the seashore.
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These all died according to faith, not having received the promises, but having seen
them afar off and welcoming [them], and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims
on the earth.
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For those saying such things make evident that they seek a fatherland.
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And indeed if they had remembered that land from which they went out, they would have
had opportunity to turn back.
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But now they desire a better [land], that is, a heavenly [one]. Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, had offered up Isaac, and he that received the
promises offered up his only begotten [son],
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of whom it was spoken, "In Isaac your seed shall be called,"
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considering that even from the dead, God [was] able to raise [him up], from which
he also received him in a figurative sense.
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By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
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By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped,
[leaning] on the top of his staff.
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By faith Joseph, when he was dying, remembered concerning the exodus of the sons of
Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.
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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because
they saw a beautiful child; and they did not fear the edict of the king.
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By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,
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choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary
pleasure of sin,
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regarding the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he
was looking to the reward.
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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king; for he endured as seeing
the Unseen [One].
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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, lest he who destroyed
the firstborn should touch them.
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By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, whereas the Egyptians,
attempting to do so, were drowned.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.
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By faith the prositute Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she
had received the spies with peace.
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And what more should I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, both Barak
and Samson and Jephthah, both David and Samuel and the prophets:
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who through faith overcame kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped
the mouths of lions,
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quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, became mighty in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.
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Women received their dead [back] by resurrection. And others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection.
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Still others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and of prison.
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They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tried, they were slain, being murdered
with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, being in want, being
afflicted, being ill treated,
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of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and
the holes of the earth.
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And all these, having obtained witness through their faith, did not receive the promise,
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God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect
apart from us.