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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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For he looked for a city which hath foundations ,
whose builder and maker is God .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country .
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And truly ,
if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out ,
they might have had opportunity to have returned .
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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 .
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By faith Abraham ,
when he was tried ,
offered up Isaac :
and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son ,
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Of whom it was said ,
That in Isaac shall thy seed be called :
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Accounting that God was able to raise him up ,
even from the dead ;
from whence also he received him in a figure .
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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 a dying ,
blessed both the sons of Joseph ;
and worshipped ,
leaning upon the top of his staff .
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By faith Joseph ,
when he died ,
made mention of the departing of the children of Israel ;
and gave commandment concerning his bones .
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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 .
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By faith Moses ,
when he was come to years ,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh '
s daughter ;
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Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God ,
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ;
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Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt :
for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward .
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By faith he forsook Egypt ,
not fearing the wrath of the king :
for he endured ,
as seeing him who is invisible .
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Through faith he kept the passover ,
and the sprinkling of blood ,
lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them .
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By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land :
which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned .
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell down ,
after they were compassed about seven days .
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By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not ,
when she had received the spies with peace .
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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 :
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Who through faith subdued kingdoms ,
wrought righteousness ,
obtained promises ,
stopped the mouths of lions ,
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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 .
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Women received their dead raised to life again :
and others were tortured ,
not accepting deliverance ;
that they might obtain a better resurrection :
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And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings ,
yea ,
moreover of bonds and imprisonment :
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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 ;
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Of whom the world was not worthy :)
they wandered in deserts ,
and in mountains ,
and in dens and caves of the earth .
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And these all ,
having obtained a good report through faith ,
received not the promise :
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God having provided some better thing for us ,
that they without us should not be made perfect .