Hebrews:11

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* Faith is the assurance of things hoped for , and evidence of things not seen . * God approved of the men of old because of their faith . * By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the Word of God . The visible has been made out of things that were not visible . * By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain . Through this he was commended as righteous . God testified about his gifts . Thus through faith he still speaks even though he is dead . * By faith Enoch was moved so that he would not see death . He was not found , because God had moved him away . Before he was moved away he saw that he had pleased God well . (Genesis strkjv @5:24 ) * Without faith it is impossible to please God . He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him . * By faith Noah , being warned by God about things not seen as yet , moved with godly respect . He prepared an ark to save his house . By his faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to faith . * By faith , when Abraham was called , he obeyed . He went to a place that he was to receive for an inheritance . He went even though he did not know where he was going . * By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land . It was not his land . He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob . They were heirs with him of the same promise . * He looked for the city having real foundations , whose builder and maker is God . * By faith Sarah received strength to conceive seed when she was past age , since she counted him faithful who promised . * This was to come from one man and him as good as dead . There were born children , as many as the stars of heaven in multitude , and as uncountable as the sand by the seashore . * These all died in faith , not having received the promises , but having seen them and greeted them from afar . They confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth . * Those who say such things declare that they are seeking a country of their own . * If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they came , they would have had opportunity to return . * They desire a better country , that is , a heavenly one . Because of this , God is not ashamed to be called their God . He has prepared a city for them ! * By faith Abraham , being tested , offered up Isaac . He that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only-begotten son ! * It was said : »In Isaac your descendants will be called .« * Abraham reasoned that God is able to raise him from the dead . So he figured he would receive him back . * By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau , even concerning things to come . * By faith Jacob , when he was dying , blessed each of the sons of Joseph . He worshipped while leaning upon the top of his staff . * By faith Joseph , when his end was near , mentioned the departure of the children of Israel . Then he gave orders concerning his bones . * By faith Moses , when he was born , was hidden three months by his parents . They saw he was a beautiful child and they were not afraid of the king ’s edict . * By faith Moses , when he grew up , refused to be called the son of Pharaoh ’s daughter . * He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of God , rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season . * He considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt . He looked intently for the payment of the reward . * By faith he left Egypt , not fearing the anger of the king . He endured , by seeing him who is invisible . * By faith he kept the Passover , and the sprinkling of the blood , that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them . * By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were on dry land . The Egyptians tried and were drowned . * By faith the walls of Jericho fell down , after they had been encircled for seven days . * By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient , after she welcomed the spies in peace . * What more shall I say ? For the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon , Barak , Samson , Jephthah , of David and Samuel and the prophets , * who through faith subdued kingdoms , affected righteousness , obtained promises , stopped the mouths of lions , * quenched the power of fire , escaped the edge of the sword , from weakness were made strong , became mighty in war , and turned to flight foreign armies . * Women received their dead by a resurrection , and others were tortured , not accepting their deliverance , that they might obtain a better resurrection : * And others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging and bonds and imprisonment . * They were stoned , they were sawed in two , were tempted , were slain with the sword ; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins , being destitute , afflicted , tormented . * The world was not worthy of them ! They wandered in deserts , and in mountains , and in dens and caves of the earth . * And these all , having obtained a good report through faith , did not receive the promise . * God provided something better for us that they might not be made perfect without us .

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