Hebrews:11

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* Now faith is the foundation of hoping , the evidence of events not being seen . * For by this the ancients were well reported . * By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God . For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible . * By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain , because of which he was reported to be righteous , God testifying about his gifts , and through it , he who died still speaks . * By faith Enoch was transferred to not see death , and he was not found , because God transferred him . For before his removal he was reported to be pleasing to God . * And apart from faith it is impossible to please him . For he who comes to God must believe that he is , and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him . * By faith Noah , being divinely warned about things not yet seen , moved with awe , prepared an ark for the salvation of his house , through which he condemned the world , and became an heir of righteousness according to faith . * By faith Abraham , when called , obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance . And he went out , not knowing where he was going . * By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner , having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob , the fellow heirs of the same promise . * For he anticipated the city that has the foundations , whose builder and architect is God . * By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed , and she gave birth beyond the time of age , because she considered him faithful who promised . * And therefore from one man , and these things having become deadened , were begotten as the stars of the heaven for multitude , and as the sand of the seashore , countless . * All these died in faith , not having taken the promises , but who saw and greeted them from afar , and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth . * For those who say such things show that they are seeking a fatherland . * And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out , they would have had time to return . * But now they aspire for a superior one , that is , a heavenly one . Therefore God is not ashamed of them , to be called their God , for he has prepared for them a city . * By faith Abraham , being tested , offered Isaac . And he who received the promises offered his only begotten son , * about whom it was said , The seed by thee will be called in Isaac . * Having reckoned that God is able to raise up even from the dead , from where also , in a figure , he did receive him back . * By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau about things coming . * By faith Jacob , while dying , blessed each of the sons of Joseph , and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff . * By faith Joseph , while perishing , remembered about the exodus of the sons of Israel , and commanded about his bones . * By faith Moses , after being born , was hid three months by his parents , because they saw the child well-formed , and they were not afraid of the king 's edict . * By faith Moses , having become great , refused to be called the son of Pharaoh 's daughter , * having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God , than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily . * Having esteemed the vilification of the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt , for he focused toward the recompense of reward . * By faith he forsook Egypt , not having feared the wrath of the king , for he persevered as seeing the invisible . * By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood , so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them . * By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land , of which the Egyptians , having taken an attempt , were drowned . * By faith the walls of Jericho fell down , having been encircled for seven days . * By faith Rahab the harlot was not destroyed with those who were disobedient , having received the spies with peace . * And what shall I say further ? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon , also Barak and Samson and Jephthah , also of David and Samuel and the prophets , * who , through faith , conquered kingdoms , wrought righteousness , obtained promises , closed the mouths of lions , * quenched the force of fire , escaped the jaw of the sword . Out of weakness were made strong , became mighty in war , bowed down armies of aliens . * Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection , but others were tortured , not having accepted deliverance , so that they might experience a superior resurrection . * And others took a trial of mockings and scourgings , and moreover of bonds and imprisonment . * They were stoned , they were sawed apart , they were tempted , they died in murder by sword . They wandered about in sheepskins , in goatskins , being destitute , restricted , tormented * (of whom the world was not worthy ), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves , and the holes of the earth . * And all these , having been well reported through faith , did not receive the promise , * God having foreseen something superior concerning us , so that without us they would not be made fully perfect .

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