11:1 Now
faith
is
the
assurance
of
things
hoped
for,
the
conviction
of
things
not
seen.
11:2 For
by
it
the
people
of
old
received
their
commendation.
11:3 By
faith
we
understand
that
the
universe
was
created
by
the
word
of
God,
so
that
what
is
seen
was
not
made
out
of
things
that
are
visible.
11:4 By
faith
Abel
offered
to
God
a
more
acceptable
sacrifice
than
Cain,
through
which
he
was
commended
as
righteous,
God
commending
him
by
accepting
his
gifts.
And
through
his
faith,
though
he
died,
he
still
speaks.
11:5 By
faith
Enoch
was
taken
up
so
that
he
should
not
see
death,
and
he
was
not
found,
because
God
had
taken
him.
Now
before
he
was
taken
he
was
commended
as
having
pleased
God.
11:6 And
without
faith
it
is
impossible
to
please
him,
for
whoever
would
draw
near
to
God
must
believe
that
he
exists
and
that
he
rewards
those
who
seek
him.
11:7 By
faith
Noah,
being
warned
by
God
concerning
events
as
yet
unseen,
in
reverent
fear
constructed
an
ark
for
the
saving
of
his
household.
By
this
he
condemned
the
world
and
became
an
heir
of
the
righteousness
that
comes
by
faith.
11:8 By
faith
Abraham
obeyed
when
he
was
called
to
go
out
to
a
place
that
he
was
to
receive
as
an
inheritance.
And
he
went
out,
not
knowing
where
he
was
going.
11:9 By
faith
he
went
to
live
in
the
land
of
promise,
as
in
a
foreign
land,
living
in
tents
with
Isaac
and
Jacob,
heirs
with
him
of
the
same
promise.
11:10 For
he
was
looking
forward
to
the
city
that
has
foundations,
whose
designer
and
builder
is
God.
11:11 By
faith
Sarah
herself
received
power
to
conceive,
even
when
she
was
past
the
age,
since
she
considered
him
faithful
who
had
promised.
11:12 Therefore
from
one
man,
and
him
as
good
as
dead,
were
born
descendants
as
many
as
the
stars
of
heaven
and
as
many
as
the
innumerable
grains
of
sand
by
the
seashore.
11:13 These
all
died
in
faith,
not
having
received
the
things
promised,
but
having
seen
them
and
greeted
them
from
afar,
and
having
acknowledged
that
they
were
strangers
and
exiles
on
the
earth.
11:14 For
people
who
speak
thus
make
it
clear
that
they
are
seeking
a
homeland.
11:15 If
they
had
been
thinking
of
that
land
from
which
they
had
gone
out,
they
would
have
had
opportunity
to
return.
11:16 But
as
it
is,
they
desire
a
better
country,
that
is,
a
heavenly
one.
Therefore
God
is
not
ashamed
to
be
called
their
God,
for
he
has
prepared
for
them
a
city.
11:17 By
faith
Abraham,
when
he
was
tested,
offered
up
Isaac,
and
he
who
had
received
the
promises
was
in
the
act
of
offering
up
his
only
son,
11:18 of
whom
it
was
said,
"Through
Isaac
shall
your
offspring
be
named."
11:19 He
considered
that
God
was
able
even
to
raise
him
from
the
dead,
from
which,
figuratively
speaking,
he
did
receive
him
back.
11:20 By
faith
Isaac
invoked
future
blessings
on
Jacob
and
Esau.
11:21 By
faith
Jacob,
when
dying,
blessed
each
of
the
sons
of
Joseph,
bowing
in
worship
over
the
head
of
his
staff.
11:22 By
faith
Joseph,
at
the
end
of
his
life,
made
mention
of
the
exodus
of
the
Israelites
and
gave
directions
concerning
his
bones.
11:23 By
faith
Moses,
when
he
was
born,
was
hidden
for
three
months
by
his
parents,
because
they
saw
that
the
child
was
beautiful,
and
they
were
not
afraid
of
the
king's
edict.
11:24 By
faith
Moses,
when
he
was
grown
up,
refused
to
be
called
the
son
of
Pharaoh's
daughter,
11:25 choosing
rather
to
be
mistreated
with
the
people
of
God
than
to
enjoy
the
fleeting
pleasures
of
sin.
11:26 He
considered
the
reproach
of
Christ
greater
wealth
than
the
treasures
of
Egypt,
for
he
was
looking
to
the
reward.
11:27 By
faith
he
left
Egypt,
not
being
afraid
of
the
anger
of
the
king,
for
he
endured
as
seeing
him
who
is
invisible.
11:28 By
faith
he
kept
the
Passover
and
sprinkled
the
blood,
so
that
the
Destroyer
of
the
firstborn
might
not
touch
them.
11:29 By
faith
the
people
crossed
the
Red
Sea
as
on
dry
land,
but
the
Egyptians,
when
they
attempted
to
do
the
same,
were
drowned.
11:30 By
faith
the
walls
of
Jericho
fell
down
after
they
had
been
encircled
for
seven
days.
11:31 By
faith
Rahab
the
prostitute
did
not
perish
with
those
who
were
disobedient,
because
she
had
given
a
friendly
welcome
to
the
spies.
11:32 And
what
more
shall
I
say
For
time
would
fail
me
to
tell
of
Gideon,
Barak,
Samson,
Jephthah,
of
David
and
Samuel
and
the
prophets--
11:33 who
through
faith
conquered
kingdoms,
enforced
justice,
obtained
promises,
stopped
the
mouths
of
lions,
11:34 quenched
the
power
of
fire,
escaped
the
edge
of
the
sword,
were
made
strong
out
of
weakness,
became
mighty
in
war,
put
foreign
armies
to
flight.
11:35 Women
received
back
their
dead
by
resurrection.
Some
were
tortured,
refusing
to
accept
release,
so
that
they
might
rise
again
to
a
better
life.
11:36 Others
suffered
mocking
and
flogging,
and
even
chains
and
imprisonment.
11:37 They
were
stoned,
they
were
sawn
in
two,
they
were
killed
with
the
sword.
They
went
about
in
skins
of
sheep
and
goats,
destitute,
afflicted,
mistreated--
11:38 of
whom
the
world
was
not
worthy--wandering
about
in
deserts
and
mountains,
and
in
dens
and
caves
of
the
earth.
11:39 And
all
these,
though
commended
through
their
faith,
did
not
receive
what
was
promised,
11:40 since
God
had
provided
something
better
for
us,
that
apart
from
us
they
should
not
be
made
perfect.