Bible Heaven/Bible Heaven.iso/pchyperb/heb11

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 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
 11:2  For by it the elders obtained a good report.
 11:3  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed
by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made
of things which do appear.
 11:4  By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead
yet speaketh.
 11:5  By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased
God.
 11:6  But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that]
he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as
yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of
the righteousness which is by faith.
 11:8  By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed;
and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
 11:9  By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him of the same promise:
 11:10  For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker [is] God.
 11:11  Through faith also Sara herself received strength to
conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past
age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
 11:12  Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as
dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
 11:13  These all died in faith, not having received the
promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of
[them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
 11:14  For they that say such things declare plainly that they
seek a country.
 11:15  And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country]
from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to
have returned.
 11:16  But now they desire a better [country], that is, an
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God:
for he hath prepared for them a city.
 11:17  By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac:
and he that had received the promises offered up his only
begotten [son].
 11:18  Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be
called:
 11:19  Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even
from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
 11:20  By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things
to come.
 11:21  By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the
sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his
staff.
 11:22  By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment
concerning his bones.
 11:23  By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months
of his parents, because they saw [he was] a proper child; and
they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
 11:24  By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
 11:25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
 11:26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than
the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense
of the reward.
 11:27  By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the
king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
 11:28  Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling
of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch
them.
 11:29  By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry
[land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
 11:30  By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they
were compassed about seven days.
 11:31  By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that
believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
 11:32  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me
to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of]
Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:
 11:33  Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
 11:34  Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the
sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in
fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
 11:35  Women received their dead raised to life again: and
others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they
might obtain a better resurrection:
 11:36  And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and
scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
 11:37  They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,
were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins
and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
 11:38  (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in
deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the
earth.
 11:39  And these all, having obtained a good report through
faith, received not the promise:
 11:40  God having provided some better thing for us, that they
without us should not be made perfect.