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The Hall of Faith: Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 11:1-40

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Chapter 11
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand the ages to have been perfected by the word of God, so that the thing seen did not come to be from things appearing. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts. And through it, though he died, he still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and he was not found because God had translated him. For before his translation he had been testified of that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him, for one must believe that he who comes to God exists and that he is a rewarder to those who seek him. 7 By faith, warned by oracle concerning the things not yet seen, Noah became reverent and built an ark for salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness according to faith. 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was about to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise. 10 For he was waiting for the city with foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 By faith Sarah also received power for laying down of seed beyond the time of age, because she considered faithful the one who promised. 12 Therefore they were also begotten from one, and him who had been rendered dead, just as the stars of heaven in multitude and as the sand by the lip of the sea, which is innumerable. 13 By faith all these died without receiving the promises, but having seen them from afar and embraced them, and confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth. 14 For people who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 And if indeed they had been remembering that from which they went out, they would have had an appointed time to return. 16 But now they long for a better one, that is, a heavenly realm. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared a city for them. 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and the one who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. 18 to whom it was spoken, "In Isaac seed will be called to you," 19 reckoning that God was even able to raise him from the dead, from which he also received him back, in a sense. 20 By faith Isaac also blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped upon the tip of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions concerning his bones. 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 did not fear the king's command. 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 rather, having chosen to suffer affliction with the people of God than to have temporary enjoyment of sin, 26 considering the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as one seeing the invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the pouring out of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. 29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as through dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do the same, it swallowed them up. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been circled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who disobeyed, having received the spies in peace. 32 And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, as well as Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34 They quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were empowered from weakness, became strong in war, and turned foreign armies to flight. 35 women received their dead by resurrection; but others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and prison. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they died by slaughter of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, lacking, oppressed, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the holes of the earth. 39 And all these, having been testified to through their faith, did not receive the promise. 40 God having foreseen something better concerning us, so that they might not be divinely completed without us.