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Listen to Hebrews 11:1-12
Faith in Action
11Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B) 2This is what the ancients were commended for.(C)
3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(D) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(E) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(F) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(G)
5By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](H) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(I) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(J) in holy fear built an ark(K) to save his family.(L) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(M)
8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(N) obeyed and went,(O) even though he did not know where he was going. 9By faith he made his home in the promised land(P) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(Q) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(R) 10For he was looking forward to the city(S) with foundations,(T) whose architect and builder is God.(U) 11And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(V) was enabled to bear children(W) because she[b] considered him faithful(X) who had made the promise. 12And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(Y) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(Z)
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Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
Cross references
- Hebrews 11:1 : S Heb 3:6
- Hebrews 11:1 : S 2Co 4:18
- Hebrews 11:2 : ver 4, 39
- Hebrews 11:3 : Ge 1; Jn 1:3; Heb 1:2; 2Pe 3:5
- Hebrews 11:4 : ver 2, 39
- Hebrews 11:4 : Ge 4:4; 1Jn 3:12
- Hebrews 11:4 : Heb 12:24
- Hebrews 11:5 : Ge 5:21-24
- Hebrews 11:6 : Heb 7:19
- Hebrews 11:7 : S ver 1
- Hebrews 11:7 : Ge 6:13-22
- Hebrews 11:7 : 1Pe 3:20
- Hebrews 11:7 : Ge 6:9; Eze 14:14, 20; S Ro 9:30
- Hebrews 11:8 : Ge 12:7
- Hebrews 11:8 : Ge 12:1-4; Ac 7:2-4
- Hebrews 11:9 : Ac 7:5
- Hebrews 11:9 : Ge 12:8; 18:1, 9
- Hebrews 11:9 : Heb 6:17
- Hebrews 11:10 : Heb 12:22; 13:14
- Hebrews 11:10 : Rev 21:2, 14
- Hebrews 11:10 : ver 16
- Hebrews 11:11 : Ge 17:17-19; 18:11-14
- Hebrews 11:11 : Ge 21:2
- Hebrews 11:11 : S 1Co 1:9
- Hebrews 11:12 : Ro 4:19
- Hebrews 11:12 : Ge 22:17
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