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Hebrews 11

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Berean Standard Bible

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1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

2This is why the ancients were commended.

3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

6And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

14Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

18even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

32And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

34quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

38The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

39These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

40God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

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1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2For by it the elders obtained a good report.

3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

4By 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.

5By 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.

6But 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.

7By 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.

8By 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.

9By 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:

10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11Through 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.

12Therefore 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.

13These 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.

14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16But 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.

17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

23By 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.

24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

32And 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:

33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

34Quenched 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.

35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

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1Faith means the assurance of what we hope for; it is our conviction about things that we cannot see.

2For it was by it that the men of old gained God’s approval.

3It is faith that enables us to see that the universe was created at the command of God, so that the world we see did not simply arise out of matter.

4Faith made Abel’s sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain’s; through faith he gained God’s approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.

5Faith caused Enoch to be taken up from the earth without experiencing death; he could not be found, because God had taken him up. For before he was taken up there is evidence that he pleased God,

6but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

7Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces.

8Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

9Faith led him to make a temporary home as a stranger in the land he had been promised, and to live there in his tents, with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

10For he was looking forward to that city with the sure foundations, designed and built by God.

11Faith made even Sarah herself able to have a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought, that he who had made the promise would keep it.

12And so from one man, for any prospect of descendants as good as dead, there sprang a people in number like the stars in the heavens or the countless sands on the seashore.

13All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

14For men who recognize that show that they are in search of a country of their own.

15And if it had been the country from which they had come to which their thoughts turned back, they would have found an opportunity to return to it.

16But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

17Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God’s promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

18of whom he had been told, “Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!”

19For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

20Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.

21Faith made Jacob when he was dying give a blessing to each of Joseph’s sons, and bow in worship even while leaning on his staff.

22Faith inspired Joseph when he was dying to tell of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions about his own body.

23Faith led Moses’ parents to hide him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and they would not respect the edict of the king.

24Faith made Moses, when he was grown up, refuse to be known as a son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

25for he preferred sharing the hardships of God’s people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

26and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

27Faith made him leave Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is unseen.

28Faith made him institute the Passover and splash the blood upon the door-posts, to keep the angel that destroyed the firstborn from touching them.

29Faith enabled them to cross the Red Sea as though it were dry land, although the Egyptians when they tried to follow them across it were drowned.

30Faith made the walls of Jericho fall, after they had marched around them each day for seven days.

31Faith saved Rahab the prostitute from being destroyed with those who disobeyed God, because she had given a friendly welcome to the scouts.

32And why should I go on? For my time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

33who by their faith conquered kingdoms, attained uprightness, received new promises, shut the mouths of lions,

34put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

35Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.

36Still others had to endure taunts and blows, and even fetters and prison.

37They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawed in two, they were killed with the sword. Clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, they were driven from place to place, destitute, persecuted, misused—

38men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.

39Yet though they all gained God’s approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised,

40for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

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1It is because people trust God that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect God to give them. They are also certain that they will see those things, though no one sees them yet.

2It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.

3It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding it to exist. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed.

4It was because Adam’s son Abel trusted God that he sacrificed something better to God than what his older brother Cain offered to God. Because Abel did that, when God spoke well about what Abel sacrificed, God declared that Abel was righteous. And although Abel is dead, we still learn from him about trusting God.

5It was because Enoch believed God that God took him up to heaven. The result was that he did not die. No one found him, because he was taken up {God had removed him} from the earth to heaven. Before God took him away, he testified that Enoch pleased him well.

6It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek to know him.

7It was because Noah trusted God that after he was warned by God {after God warned him} about a flood that had not yet happened, Noah showed that he revered God by building a huge ship to save his family. By doing that, he showed all the people who did not believe him [MTY] that they deserved to be condemned {that God would condemn them}. He was someone whom God declared to be righteous because of his trusting in God.

8It was because Abraham trusted God that when he was told to go {when God told him to go}, he obeyed God, he left his own country, and went to a place that God would give him. Abraham left his own country, even though he did not know where he would be going.

9It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that God had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham.

10Abraham was waiting to live in a city in heaven that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].

11It was because Abraham trusted God that God gave Abraham strength so that he was able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was past the age when women bear children, God promised that he would give her a son, and Abraham considered that God would do what he promised to do.

12So, although Abraham was also too old to have children, so many people descended from that one man that they were as numerous as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the seashore, just like God promised him.

13It was while they still trusted in God that all those people died. Even though they had not yet received the things that God had promised to give them, it was as though they saw those things in a distance. They were glad to know about what God promised. It was as though they admitted that they were not from this earth, but that they were only here temporarily.

14As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for a place that will become their true native land.

15If they had been thinking about that place being the place from which they had come, they would have taken the opportunity to return there.

16But, instead, they desired a better place in which to live; that is, they desired a home in heaven. So God has prepared a city for them to live with him, and he is pleased [LIT] for them to say that he is their God.

17It was because Abraham trusted God that he was ready to kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God tested him. This same man to whom God promised to give ◄a son/many descendants► was going to sacrifice that same son, the only son whom his own wife had borne!

18It was to Abraham that God said, “It is only from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”

19Abraham considered that to fulfill that promise, God could make Isaac live again even if he had died after Abraham sacrificed him! The result was that when Abraham did receive Isaac back after God told him not to harm Isaac, it was as though he received him back even after he died.

20It was because Isaac trusted God that he prayed that after he died, God would bless his sons Jacob and Esau.

21It was because Jacob trusted God that, as he was dying, he prayed that God would bless each of the sons of his own son Joseph. He worshipped God as he leaned upon his walking stick before he died.

22It was because Joseph trusted God that, when he was about to die in Egypt, he anticipated the time when the Israelis would leave Egypt; and he instructed that his people should carry his bones with them when they ◄left Egypt/returned to Canaan►.

23It was because Moses’ father and mother trusted God that they hid their son for three months shortly after he was born, because they saw that he was so beautiful. They were not afraid of disobeying what the king of Egypt had commanded, namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed.

24The daughter of the king, whom they called Pharaoh, raised Moses, but when he had grown up, it was because he trusted God that he refused to accept the privileges that would have been his if people considered that he was ◄the son of the king’s daughter/the king’s own grandson►.

25He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with the Israeli people, than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully in the King’s palace.

26This is because he decided that if he suffered for the Messiah, it would be worth far more in God’s sight than his owning all the treasures of Egypt that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that because he looked forward to the time when God would give him an eternal reward.

27It was because he trusted God that he left Egypt. He was not afraid that the king would be angry because of his doing that. He ◄kept going/did not turn back► because it was as though he kept seeing God, whom no one can see.

28It was because Moses believed that God would save his own people that he instituted the festival called Passover. He did that by commanding that the people should kill lambs and sprinkle their blood on their doorposts. They did that in order that the angel who causes people to die would not kill [EUP] the oldest male Israelites when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family.

29It was because they trusted God that when the Israelite people walked through where the Red Sea had been, it was as though they walked on dry land! But, when the army of Egypt also attempted to that same water, they drowned, because the sea came back and flooded them!

30It was because the Israeli people trusted God that the walls around Jericho city collapsed, after the Israelis marched around the walls for seven days.

31Rahab had been a prostitute, but because she trusted God, she did not perish with those inside Jericho who disobeyed God. Joshua sent some spies into the city in order to find ways to destroy it, but God saved her because she welcomed those spies peaceably.

32I do not know what more I should say [RHQ] about others who trusted in God. It would take too much time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the other prophets.

33It was because they trusted God that some of them did great things for him. Some conquered lands ruled by powerful men. Some ruled Israel and justly punished those men and nations who rebelled against God. Some obtained from God the things that he promised to give them [MTY].

34Some forced lions to keep their mouths shut. Some escaped from being destroyed by fire. Some of those people escaped from being killed with a sword [MTY]. Some of those people who trusted God were made strong {became mighty} again after they had once been weak. Some became powerful when they fought wars. Some caused armies that came from foreign lands to run away from them.

35Some women who trusted God received their relatives back again when God ◄made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead►. But others who trusted God were tortured until they died. They were tortured because they refused to agree when their captors said, “We will release you if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that, because they wanted to live with God forever, which is better than continuing to live on earth after having almost died.

36Other people who trusted God were mocked; some had their backs cut open by being struck with leaded whips. Some were chained and put in prison.

37Some of those believers were stoned to death {People killed some of those believers by throwing stones at them}. Others were cut completely in two. Others were killed with swords. Others of these people who trusted God wandered around the land wearing garments made only of skins from sheep and goats. They did not have any money. They were continually oppressed and tormented {People continuously oppressed them and tormented them}.

38The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that they did not deserve to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God wandered in deserts and on mountains. Some lived in caves and in other large holes in the ground.

39Although all these people were commended by God {God commended all these people} because they trusted him, God did not give them all that he promised them while they were alive.

40God knew ahead of time that what he would give us and them later would be better than giving them immediately what he promised. What God intends is that only when they and we are together will we have all that God intends us to have.

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Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Faith means the assurance of what we hope for; it is our conviction about things that we cannot see.

This is why the ancients were commended.

For it was by it that the men of old gained God’s approval.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

It is faith that enables us to see that the universe was created at the command of God, so that the world we see did not simply arise out of matter.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Faith made Abel’s sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain’s; through faith he gained God’s approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Faith caused Enoch to be taken up from the earth without experiencing death; he could not be found, because God had taken him up. For before he was taken up there is evidence that he pleased God,

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Faith led him to make a temporary home as a stranger in the land he had been promised, and to live there in his tents, with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

For he was looking forward to that city with the sure foundations, designed and built by God.

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Faith made even Sarah herself able to have a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought, that he who had made the promise would keep it.

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

And so from one man, for any prospect of descendants as good as dead, there sprang a people in number like the stars in the heavens or the countless sands on the seashore.

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

For men who recognize that show that they are in search of a country of their own.

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

And if it had been the country from which they had come to which their thoughts turned back, they would have found an opportunity to return to it.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God’s promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

of whom he had been told, “Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!”

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

Faith made Jacob when he was dying give a blessing to each of Joseph’s sons, and bow in worship even while leaning on his staff.

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Faith inspired Joseph when he was dying to tell of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions about his own body.

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

Faith led Moses’ parents to hide him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and they would not respect the edict of the king.

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

Faith made Moses, when he was grown up, refuse to be known as a son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

for he preferred sharing the hardships of God’s people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Faith made him leave Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is unseen.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Faith made him institute the Passover and splash the blood upon the door-posts, to keep the angel that destroyed the firstborn from touching them.

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Faith enabled them to cross the Red Sea as though it were dry land, although the Egyptians when they tried to follow them across it were drowned.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

Faith made the walls of Jericho fall, after they had marched around them each day for seven days.

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

Faith saved Rahab the prostitute from being destroyed with those who disobeyed God, because she had given a friendly welcome to the scouts.

And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

And why should I go on? For my time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

who by their faith conquered kingdoms, attained uprightness, received new promises, shut the mouths of lions,

quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Still others had to endure taunts and blows, and even fetters and prison.

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

They were stoned to death, they were tortured to death, they were sawed in two, they were killed with the sword. Clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, they were driven from place to place, destitute, persecuted, misused—

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.

These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

Yet though they all gained God’s approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised,

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

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Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Faith means the assurance of what we hope for; it is our conviction about things that we cannot see.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

This is why the ancients were commended.

For it was by it that the men of old gained God’s approval.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

It is faith that enables us to see that the universe was created at the command of God, so that the world we see did not simply arise out of matter.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

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.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Faith caused Enoch to be taken up from the earth without experiencing death; he could not be found, because God had taken him up. For before he was taken up there is evidence that he pleased God,

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.

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

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.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

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.

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Faith led him to make a temporary home as a stranger in the land he had been promised, and to live there in his tents, with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

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:

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

For he was looking forward to that city with the sure foundations, designed and built by God.

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Faith made even Sarah herself able to have a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought, that he who had made the promise would keep it.

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.

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

And so from one man, for any prospect of descendants as good as dead, there sprang a people in number like the stars in the heavens or the countless sands on the seashore.

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.

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.

Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

For men who recognize that show that they are in search of a country of their own.

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

And if it had been the country from which they had come to which their thoughts turned back, they would have found an opportunity to return to it.

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

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.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God’s promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

of whom he had been told, “Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!”

Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

Faith made Jacob when he was dying give a blessing to each of Joseph’s sons, and bow in worship even while leaning on his staff.

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Faith inspired Joseph when he was dying to tell of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions about his own body.

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

Faith led Moses’ parents to hide him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and they would not respect the edict of the king.

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.

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

Faith made Moses, when he was grown up, refuse to be known as a son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

for he preferred sharing the hardships of God’s people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Faith made him leave Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is unseen.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Faith made him institute the Passover and splash the blood upon the door-posts, to keep the angel that destroyed the firstborn from touching them.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Faith enabled them to cross the Red Sea as though it were dry land, although the Egyptians when they tried to follow them across it were drowned.

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

Faith made the walls of Jericho fall, after they had marched around them each day for seven days.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

Faith saved Rahab the prostitute from being destroyed with those who disobeyed God, because she had given a friendly welcome to the scouts.

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

And why should I go on? For my time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

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:

who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

who by their faith conquered kingdoms, attained uprightness, received new promises, shut the mouths of lions,

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

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.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Still others had to endure taunts and blows, and even fetters and prison.

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

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;

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

Yet though they all gained God’s approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised,

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

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Greek, word by word

Ἔστιν is εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng πίστις faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel ἐλπιζομένων hope ἐλπίζω elpízō from G1680 (ἐλπίς); to expect or confide (have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust ὑπόστασις assurance ὑπόστασις hypóstasis from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G2476 (ἵστημι); a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, o , πραγμάτων thing done πρᾶγμα prâgma from G4238 (πράσσω); a deed; by implication, an affair; by extension, an object (material) business, matter, thing, work ἔλεγχος proof ἔλεγχος élenchos from G1651 (ἐλέγχω); proof, conviction evidence, reproof οὐ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no βλεπομένων see βλέπω blépō a primary verb; to look at (literally or figuratively) behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, ·

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall ταύτῃ this οὗτος hoûtos from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός); the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) he (it γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par ἐμαρτυρήθησαν witness μαρτυρέω martyréō from G3144 (μάρτυς); to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively) charge, give (evidence), bear record, hav οἱ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πρεσβύτεροι elder πρεσβύτερος presbýteros comparative of (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the .

This is why the ancients were commended.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel νοοῦμεν understand νοιέω noiéō from G3563 (νοῦς); to exercise the mind (observe), i.e. (figuratively) to comprehend, heed consider, perceive, think, un κατηρτίσθαι fit together καταρτίζω katartízō from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G739 (ἄρτιος); to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or τοὺς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, αἰῶνας age αἰών aiṓn from the same as G104 (ἀεί); properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; speciall ῥήματι thing spoken ῥῆμα rhēma from G4483 (ῥέω); an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially θεοῦ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go , εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) ἐκ from out ἐκ ek a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; φαινομένων shine φαίνω phaínō prolongation for the base of G5457 (φῶς); to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurati ⸂ τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, βλεπόμενον γεγονέναι come into being γίνομαι gínomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come i .

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel πλείονα more πλείων pleíōn comparative of G4183 (πολύς); more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion X above, + exceed θυσίαν sacrifice θυσία thysía from G2380 (θύω); sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively) sacrifice Ἅβελ παρὰ from παρά pará a primary preposition; properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative c Κάϊν Cain Κάϊν Káïn of Hebrew origin (H07014); Cain, (i.e. Cajin), the son of Adam Cain προσήνεγκεν bring to προσφέρω prosphérō from G4314 (πρός) and G5342 (φέρω) (including its alternate); to bear towards, i.e. lead to, tender (especially to God), τῷ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεῷ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go , διʼ through διά diá a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) ἧς who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, ἐμαρτυρήθη witness μαρτυρέω martyréō from G3144 (μάρτυς); to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively) charge, give (evidence), bear record, hav εἶναι be εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when δίκαιος just δίκαιος díkaios from G1349 (δίκη); equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively) just, meet , μαρτυροῦντος witness μαρτυρέω martyréō from G3144 (μάρτυς); to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively) charge, give (evidence), bear record, hav ἐπὶ on ἐπί epí a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (w τοῖς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, δώροις gift δῶρον dōron a present; specially, a sacrifice gift, offering αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ⸂ τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεοῦ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too διʼ through διά diá a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) αὐτῆς he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ἀποθανὼν dying ἀποθνήσκω apothnḗskō from G575 (ἀπό) and G2348 (θνήσκω); to die off (literally or figuratively) be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X ἔτι still ἔτι éti perhaps akin to G2094 (ἔτος); yet, still (of time or degree) after that, also, ever, (any) further, (t-)henceforth (more ⸀ λαλεῖ speak λαλέω laléō a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel Ἑνὼχ Enoch Ἐνώχ Enṓch of Hebrew origin (H02585); Enoch (i.e. Chanok), an antediluvian Enoch μετετέθη desert μετατίθημι metatíthēmi from G3326 (μετά) and G5087 (τίθημι); to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) ἰδεῖν see ὁράω horáō properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by θάνατον death θάνατος thánatos from G2348 (θνήσκω); (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively) X deadly, (be…) death , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too οὐχ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ηὑρίσκετο διότι on this account διότι dióti from G1223 (διά) and G3754 (ὅτι); on the very account that, or inasmuch as because (that), for, therefore μετέθηκεν desert μετατίθημι metatíthēmi from G3326 (μετά) and G5087 (τίθημι); to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) αὐτὸν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεός God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go · πρὸ before πρό pró a primary preposition; fore, i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to above, ago, before, or ever γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ⸀ μεταθέσεως change μετάθεσις metáthesis from G3346 (μετατίθημι); transposition, i.e. transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law) change, removing, tran μεμαρτύρηται witness μαρτυρέω martyréō from G3144 (μάρτυς); to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively) charge, give (evidence), bear record, hav εὐαρεστηκέναι τῷ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεῷ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go ,

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

χωρὶς apart from χωρίς chōrís adverb from G5561 (χώρα); at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition) beside, by itself, without δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng πίστεως faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel ἀδύνατον incapable ἀδύνατος adýnatos from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G1415 (δυνατός); unable, i.e. weak (literally or figuratively); passively, impo εὐαρεστῆσαι please εὐαρεστέω euarestéō from G2101 (εὐάρεστος); to gratify entirely please (well) , πιστεῦσαι believe πιστεύω pisteúō from G4102 (πίστις); to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to en γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par δεῖ it is necessary δεῖ deî 3rd person singular active present of G1210 (δέω); also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used im τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, προσερχόμενον come near προσέρχομαι prosérchomai from G4314 (πρός) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι) (including its alternate); to approach, i.e. (literally) come near, visit, or (fig τῷ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεῷ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go ὅτι that ὅτι hóti neuter of G3748 (ὅστις) as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because as concerning that ἔστιν is εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τοῖς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐκζητοῦσιν seek out ἐκζητέω ekzētéō from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2212 (ζητέω); to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship e αὐτὸν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive μισθαποδότης rewarder μισθαποδότης misthapodótēs from G3409 (μισθόω) and G591 (ἀποδίδωμι); a renumerator rewarder γίνεται come into being γίνομαι gínomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come i .

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel χρηματισθεὶς warn χρηματίζω chrēmatízō from G5536 (χρῆμα); to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530 (χράομαι)), i.e. divinely intimate; by impli Νῶε Noah Νῶε Nōe of Hebrew origin (H05146); Noë, (i.e. Noäch), a patriarch Noe περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, μηδέπω not yet μηδέπω mēdépō from G3366 (μηδέ) and G4452 (-πω); not even yet not yet βλεπομένων see βλέπω blépō a primary verb; to look at (literally or figuratively) behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, εὐλαβηθεὶς fear εὐλαβέομαι eulabéomai middle voice from G2126 (εὐλαβής); to be circumspect, i.e. (by implication) to be apprehensive; religiously, to reverenc κατεσκεύασεν build κατασκευάζω kataskeuázō from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G4632 (σκεῦος); to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas G2 κιβωτὸν ark κιβωτός kibōtós of uncertain derivation; a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah ark εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( σωτηρίαν deliverance σωτηρία sōtēría feminine of a derivative of G4990 (σωτήρ) as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally) deliver τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, οἴκου household οἶκος oîkos a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive , διʼ through διά diá a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) ἧς who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, κατέκρινεν condemn κατακρίνω katakrínō from G2596 (κατά) and G2919 (κρίνω); to judge against, i.e. sentence condemn, damn τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, κόσμον world κόσμος kósmos probably from the base of G2865 (κομίζω); orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, κατὰ down from κατά katá a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dat πίστιν faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel δικαιοσύνης righteousness δικαιοσύνη dikaiosýnē from G1342 (δίκαιος); equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification righteousness ἐγένετο come into being γίνομαι gínomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come i κληρονόμος heir κληρονόμος klēronómos from G2819 (κλῆρος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος) (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by .

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

⸀ Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel καλούμενος call καλέω kaléō akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω); to call (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwi Ἀβραὰμ Abraham Ἀβραάμ Abraám of Hebrew origin (H085); Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch Abraham ὑπήκουσεν listen ὑπακούω hypakoúō from G5259 (ὑπό) and G191 (ἀκούω); to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed ἐξελθεῖν come out ἐξέρχομαι exérchomai from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι); to issue (literally or figuratively) come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, ge εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( ⸀ τόπον place τόπος tópos apparently a primary word; a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 (χώρα) is a large but parti ὃν who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, ἤμελλεν about to μέλλω méllō a strengthened form of G3199 (μέλω) (through the idea of expectation); to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer som λαμβάνειν receive λαμβάνω lambánō a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applicati εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( κληρονομίαν inheritance κληρονομία klēronomía from G2818 (κληρονόμος); heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession inheritance , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἐξῆλθεν come out ἐξέρχομαι exérchomai from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι); to issue (literally or figuratively) come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, ge μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) ἐπιστάμενος know ἐπίσταμαι epístamai apparently a middle voice of G2186 (ἐφίστημι) (with G3563 (νοῦς) implied); to put the mind upon, i.e. comprehend, or be ποῦ where ποῦ poû genitive case of an interrogative pronoun (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as G4225 (πού) used with the risin ἔρχεται come ἔρχομαι érchomai middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (m .

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel παρῴκησεν sojourn παροικέω paroikéō from G3844 (παρά) and G3611 (οἰκέω); to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner sojourn in, be a stranger εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( γῆν earth γῆ gē contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (includ τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐπαγγελίας promise ἐπαγγελία epangelía from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good) messa ὡς as ὡς hōs probably adverb of comparative from G3739 (ὅς); which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) about, ἀλλοτρίαν belonging to another ἀλλότριος allótrios from G243 (ἄλλος); another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile alien, (an-)other (man's, men' , ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall σκηναῖς tent σκηνή skēnḗ apparently akin to G4632 (σκεῦος) and G4639 (σκιά); a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively) habitation, tabernac κατοικήσας dwell in κατοικέω katoikéō from G2596 (κατά) and G3611 (οἰκέω); to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively) dwell(-er), inhabitan μετὰ with μετά metá a primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly, denoting accompaniment; amid (local or causal); modified vario Ἰσαὰκ Isaac Ἰσαάκ Isaák of Hebrew origin (H03327); Isaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham Isaac καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too Ἰακὼβ Jacob Ἰακώβ Iakṓb of Hebrew origin (H03290); Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites also an Israelite:--Jacob τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, συγκληρονόμων joint heir συγκληρονόμος synklēronómos from G4862 (σύν) and G2818 (κληρονόμος); a co-heir, i.e. (by analogy) participant in common fellow (joint)-heir, heir to τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐπαγγελίας promise ἐπαγγελία epangelía from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good) messa τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, αὐτῆς he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ·

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

ἐξεδέχετο wait for ἐκδέχομαι ekdéchomai from G1537 (ἐκ) and G1209 (δέχομαι); to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await expect, look (tarry) for γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, τοὺς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεμελίους foundation θεμέλιος themélios from a derivative of G5087 (τίθημι); something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figura ἔχουσαν have ἔχω échō a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possess πόλιν city πόλις pólis probably from the same as G4171 (πόλεμος), or perhaps from G4183 (πολύς); a town (properly, with walls, of greater or le , ἧς who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, τεχνίτης craftsman τεχνίτης technítēs from G5078 (τέχνη); an artisan; figuratively, a founder (Creator) builder, craftsman καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too δημιουργὸς artisan δημιουργός dēmiourgós from G1218 (δῆμος) and G2041 (ἔργον); a worker for the people, i.e. mechanic (spoken of the Creator) maker ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεός God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go .

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ⸂ αὐτῇ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive Σάρρᾳ Sarah Σάῤῥα Sárrha of Hebrew origin (H08283); Sarra (i.e. Sarah), the wife of Abraham Sara, Sarah δύναμιν power δύναμις dýnamis from G1410 (δύναμαι); force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( καταβολὴν foundation καταβολή katabolḗ from G2598 (καταβάλλω); a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception conceive, foundation σπέρματος seed σπέρμα spérma from G4687 (σπείρω); something sown, i.e. seed (including the male sperm); by implication, offspring; specially, a remna ἔλαβεν receive λαμβάνω lambánō a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applicati καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too παρὰ from παρά pará a primary preposition; properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative c καιρὸν fitting season καιρός kairós an occasion, i.e. set or proper time X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while ⸀ ἡλικίας age ἡλικία hēlikía from the same as G2245 (ἡλίκος); maturity (in years or size) age, stature ἐπεὶ after ἐπεί epeí from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1487 (εἰ); thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause) because, else, for that (then, -asmuch as), ot πιστὸν trustworthy πιστός pistós from G3982 (πείθω); objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true ἡγήσατο lead ἡγέομαι hēgéomai middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71 (ἄγω); to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figurative τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐπαγγειλάμενον promise ἐπαγγέλλω epangéllō from G1909 (ἐπί) and the base of G32 (ἄγγελος); to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do so ·

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

διὸ wherefore διό dió from G1223 (διά) and G3739 (ὅς); through which thing, i.e. consequently for which cause, therefore, wherefore καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἀφʼ from ἀπό apó a primary particle; off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or fig ἑνὸς one εἷς heîs a primary numeral; one a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some ἐγεννήθησαν give birth to γεννάω gennáō from a variation of G1085 (γένος); to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ταῦτα this οὗτος hoûtos from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός); the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) he (it νενεκρωμένου put to death νεκρόω nekróō from G3498 (νεκρός); to deaden, i.e. (figuratively) to subdue be dead, mortify , καθὼς just as καθώς kathṓs from G2596 (κατά) and G5613 (ὡς); just (or inasmuch) as, that according to, (according, even) as, how, when τὰ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἄστρα star ἄστρον ástron neuter from G792 (ἀστήρ); properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial) star τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, οὐρανοῦ heaven οὐρανός ouranós perhaps from the same as G3735 (ὄρος) (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of Go τῷ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πλήθει multitude πλῆθος plēthos from G4130 (πλήθω); a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace bundle, company, multitude καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ὡς as ὡς hōs probably adverb of comparative from G3739 (ὅς); which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) about, ἡ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἄμμος sand ἄμμος ámmos perhaps from G260 (ἅμα); sand (as heaped on the beach) sand ἡ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, παρὰ from παρά pará a primary preposition; properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative c τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, χεῖλος mouth χεῖλος cheîlos from a form of the same as G5490 (χάσμα); a lip (as a pouring place); figuratively, a margin (of water) lip, shore τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θαλάσσης lake θάλασσα thálassa probably prolonged from G251 (ἅλς); the sea (genitive case or specially) sea ἡ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἀναρίθμητος uncountable ἀναρίθμητος anaríthmētos from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G705 (ἀριθμέω); unnumbered, i.e. without number innumerable .

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Κατὰ down from κατά katá a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dat πίστιν faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel ἀπέθανον dying ἀποθνήσκω apothnḗskō from G575 (ἀπό) and G2348 (θνήσκω); to die off (literally or figuratively) be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X οὗτοι this οὗτος hoûtos from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός); the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) he (it πάντες all πᾶς pâs including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole all (manner of, means), alw , μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) ⸀ λαβόντες receive λαμβάνω lambánō a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applicati τὰς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐπαγγελίας promise ἐπαγγελία epangelía from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good) messa , ἀλλὰ but ἀλλά allá neuter plural of G243 (ἄλλος); properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) and, but (eve πόρρωθεν from afar πόῤῥωθεν pórrhōthen from G4206 (πόῤῥω) with adverbial enclitic of source; from far, or (by implication) at a distance, i.e. distantly afar o αὐτὰς he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ἰδόντες see ὁράω horáō properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἀσπασάμενοι greet ἀσπάζομαι aspázomai from G1 (Α) (as a particle of union) and a presumed form of G4685 (σπάω); to enfold in the arms, i.e. (by implication) t , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ὁμολογήσαντες confess ὁμολογέω homologéō from a compound of the base of G3674 (ὁμοῦ) and G3056 (λόγος); to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge con- (pro-)fess, co ὅτι that ὅτι hóti neuter of G3748 (ὅστις) as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because as concerning that ξένοι new ξένος xénos apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) e καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too παρεπίδημοί residing in a strange παρεπίδημος parepídēmos from G3844 (παρά) and the base of G1927 (ἐπιδημέω); an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner pilgrim, stranger εἰσιν are εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when ἐπὶ on ἐπί epí a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (w τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, γῆς earth γῆ gē contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (includ .

οἱ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par τοιαῦτα of such a kind τοιοῦτος toioûtos (including the other inflections); from G5104 (τοί) and G3778 (οὗτος); truly this, i.e. of this sort (to denote characte λέγοντες say λέγω légō a primary verb; properly, to lay forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; wh ἐμφανίζουσιν make visible ἐμφανίζω emphanízō from G1717 (ἐμφανής); to exhibit (in person) or disclose (by words) appear, declare (plainly), inform, (will) manifest, ὅτι that ὅτι hóti neuter of G3748 (ὅστις) as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because as concerning that πατρίδα fatherland πατρίς patrís from G3902 (παράσημος); a father-land, i.e. native town; (figuratively) heavenly home (own) country ἐπιζητοῦσιν seek after ἐπιζητέω epizētéō from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2212 (ζητέω); to search (inquire) for; intensively, to demand, to crave desire, enquire, seek (aft .

Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too εἰ if εἰ ei a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether μὲν truly μέν mén a primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause ἐκείνης that ἐκεῖνος ekeînos from G1563 (ἐκεῖ); that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed he, it, the other (same), sel ⸀μνημονεύουσιν ἀφʼ from ἀπό apó a primary particle; off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or fig ἧς who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, ⸀ἐξέβησαν εἶχον have ἔχω échō a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possess ἂν untranslatable word ἄν án a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty (what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever καιρὸν fitting season καιρός kairós an occasion, i.e. set or proper time X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while ἀνακάμψαι return ἀνακάμπτω anakámptō from G303 (ἀνά) and G2578 (κάμπτω); to turn back (re-)turn ·

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

νῦν now νῦν nŷn a primary particle of present time; now (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng κρείττονος stronger κρείττων kreíttōn comparative of a derivative of G2904 (κράτος); stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler best, better ὀρέγονται stretch forth ὀρέγομαι orégomai middle voice of apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (compare G3735 (ὄρος)); to stretch oneself, i.e. reac , τοῦτʼ this οὗτος hoûtos from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός); the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) he (it ἔστιν is εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when ἐπουρανίου heavenly ἐπουράνιος epouránios from G1909 (ἐπί) and G3772 (οὐρανός); above the sky celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high . διὸ wherefore διό dió from G1223 (διά) and G3739 (ὅς); through which thing, i.e. consequently for which cause, therefore, wherefore οὐκ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ἐπαισχύνεται ashamed ἐπαισχύνομαι epaischýnomai from G1909 (ἐπί) and G153 (αἰσχύνομαι); to feel shame for something be ashamed αὐτοὺς he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεὸς God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go θεὸς God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go ἐπικαλεῖσθαι call by an additional ἐπικαλέομαι epikaléomai middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2564 (καλέω); to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, dec αὐτῶν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive , ἡτοίμασεν make ready ἑτοιμάζω hetoimázō from G2092 (ἕτοιμος); to prepare prepare, provide, make ready γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par αὐτοῖς he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive πόλιν city πόλις pólis probably from the same as G4171 (πόλεμος), or perhaps from G4183 (πολύς); a town (properly, with walls, of greater or le .

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel προσενήνοχεν bring to προσφέρω prosphérō from G4314 (πρός) and G5342 (φέρω) (including its alternate); to bear towards, i.e. lead to, tender (especially to God), Ἀβραὰμ Abraham Ἀβραάμ Abraám of Hebrew origin (H085); Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch Abraham τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Ἰσαὰκ Isaac Ἰσαάκ Isaák of Hebrew origin (H03327); Isaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham Isaac πειραζόμενος try πειράζω peirázō from G3984 (πεῖρα); to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline assay, examine, go about, prove , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, μονογενῆ only μονογενής monogenḗs from G3441 (μόνος) and G1096 (γίνομαι); only-born, i.e. sole only (begotten, child) προσέφερεν bring to προσφέρω prosphérō from G4314 (πρός) and G5342 (φέρω) (including its alternate); to bear towards, i.e. lead to, tender (especially to God), ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, τὰς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐπαγγελίας promise ἐπαγγελία epangelía from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good) messa ἀναδεξάμενος welcome ἀναδέχομαι anadéchomai from G303 (ἀνά) and G1209 (δέχομαι); to entertain (as a guest) receive ,

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

πρὸς with πρός prós a strengthened form of G4253 (πρό); a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the sid ὃν who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, ἐλαλήθη speak λαλέω laléō a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter ὅτι that ὅτι hóti neuter of G3748 (ὅστις) as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because as concerning that Ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall Ἰσαὰκ Isaac Ἰσαάκ Isaák of Hebrew origin (H03327); Isaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham Isaac κληθήσεταί call καλέω kaléō akin to the base of G2753 (κελεύω); to call (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwi σοι you σύ sý the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou thou σπέρμα seed σπέρμα spérma from G4687 (σπείρω); something sown, i.e. seed (including the male sperm); by implication, offspring; specially, a remna ,

even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

λογισάμενος reckon λογίζομαι logízomai middle voice from G3056 (λόγος); to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively) conclude, (ac-)count (o ὅτι that ὅτι hóti neuter of G3748 (ὅστις) as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because as concerning that καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἐκ from out ἐκ ek a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; νεκρῶν dead νεκρός nekrós from an apparently primary (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun) dead ἐγείρειν wake ἐγείρω egeírō probably akin to the base of G58 (ἀγορά) (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or int δυνατὸς powerful δυνατός dynatós from G1410 (δύναμαι); powerful or capable (literally or figuratively); neuter possible able, could, (that is) mighty (ma ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεός God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go · ὅθεν whence ὅθεν hóthen from G3739 (ὅς) with the directive enclitic of source; from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction) from αὐτὸν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall παραβολῇ parable παραβολή parabolḗ from G3846 (παραβάλλω); a similitude (parable), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), ἐκομίσατο bring κομίζω komízō from a primary (to tend, i.e. take care of); properly, to provide for, i.e. (by implication) to carry off (as if from ha .

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel ⸀ καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various μελλόντων about to μέλλω méllō a strengthened form of G3199 (μέλω) (through the idea of expectation); to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer som εὐλόγησεν bless εὐλογέω eulogéō from a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and G3056 (λόγος); to speak well of, i.e. (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benedi Ἰσαὰκ Isaac Ἰσαάκ Isaák of Hebrew origin (H03327); Isaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham Isaac τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Ἰακὼβ Jacob Ἰακώβ Iakṓb of Hebrew origin (H03290); Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites also an Israelite:--Jacob καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Ἠσαῦ Esau Ἠσαῦ Ēsaû of Hebrew origin (H06215); Esau, an Edomite Esau .

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel Ἰακὼβ Jacob Ἰακώβ Iakṓb of Hebrew origin (H03290); Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites also an Israelite:--Jacob ἀποθνῄσκων dying ἀποθνήσκω apothnḗskō from G575 (ἀπό) and G2348 (θνήσκω); to die off (literally or figuratively) be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X ἕκαστον each ἕκαστος hékastos as if a superlative of (afar); each or every any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, υἱῶν son υἱός huiós apparently a primary word; a son (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship Ἰωσὴφ Joseph Ἰωσήφ Iōsḗph of Hebrew origin (H03130); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites Joseph εὐλόγησεν bless εὐλογέω eulogéō from a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and G3056 (λόγος); to speak well of, i.e. (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benedi , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too προσεκύνησεν worship προσκυνέω proskynéō from G4314 (πρός) and a probable derivative of G2965 (κύων) (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to ἐπὶ on ἐπί epí a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (w τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἄκρον end ἄκρον ákron neuter of an adjective probably akin to the base of G188 (ἀκμήν); the extremity one end… other, tip, top, uttermost part τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ῥάβδου rod ῥάβδος rhábdos from the base of G4474 (ῥαπίζω); a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty) rod, sceptre, staff αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive .

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel Ἰωσὴφ Joseph Ἰωσήφ Iōsḗph of Hebrew origin (H03130); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites Joseph τελευτῶν end τελευτάω teleutáō from a presumed derivative of G5055 (τελέω); to finish life (by implication, of G979 (βίος)), i.e. expire (demise) be de περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐξόδου death ἔξοδος éxodos from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3598 (ὁδός); an exit, i.e. (figuratively) death decease, departing τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, υἱῶν son υἱός huiós apparently a primary word; a son (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship Ἰσραὴλ Israel Ἰσραήλ Israḗl of Hebrew origin (H03478); Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or fig ἐμνημόνευσεν remember μνημονεύω mnēmoneúō from a derivative of G3420 (μνήμη); to exercise memory, i.e. recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse make , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ὀστέων bone ὀστέον ostéon a bone bone αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ἐνετείλατο give orders ἐντέλλομαι entéllomai from G1722 (ἐν) and the base of G5056 (τέλος); to enjoin (give) charge, (give) command(-ments), injoin .

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel Μωϋσῆς Moses Μωσεύς Mōseús of Hebrew origin; (H04872); Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver Moses γεννηθεὶς give birth to γεννάω gennáō from a variation of G1085 (γένος); to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, ἐκρύβη hide κρύπτω krýptō a primary verb; to conceal (properly, by covering) hide (self), keep secret, secret(-ly) τρίμηνον lasting three months τρίμηνον trímēnon neuter of a compound of G5140 (τρεῖς) and G3376 (μήν) as noun; a three months' space three months ὑπὸ primary preposition ὑπό hypó a primary preposition; under, i.e. (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, thro τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πατέρων father πατήρ patḗr apparently a primary word; a father (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) father, parent αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive , διότι on this account διότι dióti from G1223 (διά) and G3754 (ὅτι); on the very account that, or inasmuch as because (that), for, therefore εἶδον see ὁράω horáō properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by ἀστεῖον elegant ἀστεῖος asteîos from (a city); urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome fair τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, παιδίον little child παιδίον paidíon neuter diminutive of G3816 (παῖς); a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-gro καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too οὐκ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ἐφοβήθησαν fear φοβέω phobéō from G5401 (φόβος); to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere be (+ sore) af τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, διάταγμα mandate διάταγμα diátagma from G1299 (διατάσσω); an arrangement, i.e. (authoritative) edict commandment τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, βασιλέως king βασιλεύς basileús probably from G939 (βάσις) (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figura .

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel Μωϋσῆς Moses Μωσεύς Mōseús of Hebrew origin; (H04872); Moseus, Moses, or Mouses (i.e. Mosheh), the Hebrew lawgiver Moses μέγας large μέγας mégas (including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also G3176 (μέγιστος), G3187 (μείζων)); big (literally γενόμενος come into being γίνομαι gínomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come i ἠρνήσατο deny ἀρνέομαι arnéomai perhaps from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the middle voice of G4483 (ῥέω); to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject, a λέγεσθαι say λέγω légō a primary verb; properly, to lay forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; wh υἱὸς son υἱός huiós apparently a primary word; a son (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship θυγατρὸς daughter θυγάτηρ thygátēr apparently a primary word (compare daughter); a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant) daughter Φαραώ Pharaoh Φαραώ Pharaṓ of foreign origin (H06547); Pharao (i.e. Pharoh), an Egyptian king Pharaoh ,

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

μᾶλλον more μᾶλλον mâllon neuter of the comparative of the same as G3122 (μάλιστα); (adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather + better, ἑλόμενος choose αἱρέομαι hairéomai probably akin to G142 (αἴρω); to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer choose συγκακουχεῖσθαι suffer ill treatment συγκακουχέω synkakouchéō from G4862 (σύν) and G2558 (κακουχέω); to maltreat in company with, i.e. (passively) endure persecution together suffer τῷ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, λαῷ people λαός laós apparently a primary word; a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 (δῆμος), which denotes one's own populace) pe τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεοῦ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go ἢ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πρόσκαιρον temporary πρόσκαιρος próskairos from G4314 (πρός) and G2540 (καιρός); for the occasion only, i.e. temporary dur-(eth) for awhile, endure for a time, for ἔχειν have ἔχω échō a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possess ἁμαρτίας sin ἁμαρτία hamartía from G264 (ἁμαρτάνω); a sin (properly abstract) offence, sin(-ful) ἀπόλαυσιν faculty or experience ἀπόλαυσις apólausis from a comparative of G575 (ἀπό) and (to enjoy); full enjoyment enjoy(-ment) ,

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

μείζονα large μέγας mégas (including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also G3176 (μέγιστος), G3187 (μείζων)); big (literally πλοῦτον riches πλοῦτος ploûtos from the base of G4130 (πλήθω); wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, r ἡγησάμενος lead ἡγέομαι hēgéomai middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of G71 (ἄγω); to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figurative τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Αἰγύπτου Egypt Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos of uncertain derivation; Ægyptus, the land of the Nile Egypt θησαυρῶν treasure θησαυρός thēsaurós from G5087 (τίθημι); a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively) treasure τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ὀνειδισμὸν reproach ὀνειδισμός oneidismós from G3679 (ὀνειδίζω); contumely reproach τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Χριστοῦ Messiah Χριστός Christós from G5548 (χρίω); anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus Christ , ἀπέβλεπεν look away from ἀποβλέπω apoblépō from G575 (ἀπό) and G991 (βλέπω); to look away from everything else, i.e. (figuratively) intently regard have respect γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, μισθαποδοσίαν reward μισθαποδοσία misthapodosía from G3406 (μισθαποδότης); requital (good or bad) recompence of reward .

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel κατέλιπεν leave behind καταλείπω kataleípō from G2596 (κατά) and G3007 (λείπω); to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining forsake, lea Αἴγυπτον Egypt Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos of uncertain derivation; Ægyptus, the land of the Nile Egypt , μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) φοβηθεὶς fear φοβέω phobéō from G5401 (φόβος); to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere be (+ sore) af τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θυμὸν outburst of passion θυμός thymós from G2380 (θύω); passion (as if breathing hard) fierceness, indignation, wrath τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, βασιλέως king βασιλεύς basileús probably from G939 (βάσις) (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figura , τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par ἀόρατον unseen ἀόρατος aóratos from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3707 (ὁρατός); invisible invisible (thing) ὡς as ὡς hōs probably adverb of comparative from G3739 (ὅς); which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) about, ὁρῶν see ὁράω horáō properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by ἐκαρτέρησεν persevere καρτερέω karteréō from a derivative of G2904 (κράτος) (transposed); to be strong, i.e. (figuratively) steadfast (patient) endure .

By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel πεποίηκεν do ποιέω poiéō apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) abid τὸ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πάσχα Passover lamb πάσχα páscha of Chaldee origin (compare H06453); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected wi καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πρόσχυσιν sprinkling πρόσχυσις próschysis from a comparative of G4314 (πρός) and (to pour); a shedding forth, i.e. affusion sprinkling τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, αἵματος blood αἷμα haîma of uncertain derivation; blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the aton , ἵνα so that ἵνα hína probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ) (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588 (ὁ)); in orde μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ὀλοθρεύων destroy ὀλοθρεύω olothreúō from G3639 (ὄλεθρος); to spoil, i.e. slay destroy τὰ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πρωτότοκα first born πρωτότοκος prōtótokos from G4413 (πρῶτος) and the alternate of G5088 (τίκτω); first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively) firstbeg θίγῃ touch θιγγάνω thingánō a prolonged form of an obsolete primary (to finger); to manipulate, i.e. have to do with; by implication, to injure hand αὐτῶν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive .

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel διέβησαν stauros (stake) διαβαίνω diabaínō from G1223 (διά) and the base of G939 (βάσις); to stauros (stake) come over, pass (through) τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Ἐρυθρὰν red ἐρυθρός erythrós red, i.e. (with G2281 (θάλασσα)) the Red Sea red Θάλασσαν lake θάλασσα thálassa probably prolonged from G251 (ἅλς); the sea (genitive case or specially) sea ὡς as ὡς hōs probably adverb of comparative from G3739 (ὅς); which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) about, διὰ through διά diá a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) ξηρᾶς dry ξηρός xērós from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to wa ⸀ γῆς earth γῆ gē contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (includ ἧς who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, πεῖραν trial πεῖρα peîra from the base of G4008 (πέραν) (through the idea of piercing); a test, i.e. attempt, experience assaying, trial λαβόντες receive λαμβάνω lambánō a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applicati οἱ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Αἰγύπτιοι Egyptian Αἰγύπτιος Aigýptios from G125 (Αἴγυπτος); an Ægyptian or inhabitant of Ægyptus Egyptian κατεπόθησαν swallow καταπίνω katapínō from G2596 (κατά) and G4095 (πίνω); to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively) devour, drown, swallow ( .

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel τὰ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, τείχη wall τεῖχος teîchos akin to the base of G5088 (τίκτω); a wall (as formative of a house) wall Ἰεριχὼ Jericho Ἱεριχώ Hierichṓ of Hebrew origin (H03405); Jericho, a place in Palestine Jericho ⸀ ἔπεσαν fall πίπτω píptō probably akin to G4072 (πέτομαι) through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively) fail, fall (down), l κυκλωθέντα encircle κυκλόω kyklóō from the same as G2945 (κύκλῳ); to encircle, i.e. surround compass (about), come (stand) round about ἐπὶ on ἐπί epí a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (w ἑπτὰ seven ἑπτά heptá a primary number; seven seven ἡμέρας day ἡμέρα hēméra feminine (with G5610 (ὥρα) implied) of a derivative of (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)) meaning tame, i.e. .

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

πίστει faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel Ῥαὰβ Rahab Ῥαάβ Rhaáb of Hebrew origin (G7343); Raab (i.e. Rachab), a Canaanitess Rahab ἡ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πόρνη prostitute πόρνη pórnē feminine of G4205 (πόρνος); a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater harlot, whore οὐ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no συναπώλετο perish along with συναπόλλυμι synapóllymi from G4862 (σύν) and G622 (ἀπόλλυμι); to destroy (middle voice or passively, be slain) in company with perish with τοῖς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἀπειθήσασιν disobey ἀπειθέω apeithéō from G545 (ἀπειθής); to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely) not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving , δεξαμένη take δέχομαι déchomai middle voice of a primary verb; to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively) accept, receive, take τοὺς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, κατασκόπους spy κατάσκοπος katáskopos from G2596 (κατά) (intensive) and G4649 (σκοπός) (in the sense of a watcher); a reconnoiterer spy μετʼ with μετά metá a primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly, denoting accompaniment; amid (local or causal); modified vario εἰρήνης peace εἰρήνη eirḗnē probably from a primary verb (to join); peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity one, peace, quietn .

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

Καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τί who τίς tís probably emphatic of G5100 (τὶς); an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) every m ἔτι still ἔτι éti perhaps akin to G2094 (ἔτος); yet, still (of time or degree) after that, also, ever, (any) further, (t-)henceforth (more λέγω say λέγω légō a primary verb; properly, to lay forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; wh ; ἐπιλείψει fail ἐπιλείπω epileípō from G1909 (ἐπί) and G3007 (λείπω); to leave upon, i.e. (figuratively) to be insufficient for fail ⸂ με I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par διηγούμενον relate in full διηγέομαι diēgéomai from G1223 (διά) and G2233 (ἡγέομαι); to relate fully declare, shew, tell ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, χρόνος season χρόνος chrónos of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540 (καιρός), which designa περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various Γεδεών Gideon Γεδεών Gedeṓn of Hebrew origin (H01439); Gedeon (i.e. Gid(e)on), an Israelite Gedeon (in the King James Version) , Βαράκ Barak Βαράκ Barák of Hebrew origin (H01301); Barak, an Israelite Barak , ⸀ Σαμψών Samson Σαμψών Sampsṓn of Hebrew origin (H08123); Sampson (i.e. Shimshon), an Israelite Samson Ἰεφθάε Jephthah Ἰεφθάε Iephtháe of Hebrew origin (H03316); Jephthaë (i.e. Jiphtach), an Israelite Jephthah , Δαυίδ David Δαβίδ Dabíd of Hebrew origin (H01732); Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king David τε and τέ té a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition; both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί)) also, an καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too Σαμουὴλ Samuel Σαμουήλ Samouḗl of Hebrew origin (H08050); Samuel (i.e. Shemuel), an Israelite Samuel καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, προφητῶν prophet προφήτης prophḗtēs from a compound of G4253 (πρό) and G5346 (φημί); a foreteller (prophet); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, ,

And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

οἳ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, διὰ through διά diá a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) πίστεως faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel κατηγωνίσαντο subdue καταγωνίζομαι katagōnízomai from G2596 (κατά) and G75 (ἀγωνίζομαι); to struggle against, i.e. (by implication) to overcome subdue βασιλείας kingdom βασιλεία basileía from G935 (βασιλεύς); properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively) kin , εἰργάσαντο word ἐργάζομαι ergázomai middle voice from G2041 (ἔργον); to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, δικαιοσύνην righteousness δικαιοσύνη dikaiosýnē from G1342 (δίκαιος); equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification righteousness , ἐπέτυχον attain ἐπιτυγχάνω epitynchánō from G1909 (ἐπί) and G5177 (τυγχάνω); to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) to attain obtain ἐπαγγελιῶν promise ἐπαγγελία epangelía from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good) messa , ἔφραξαν stop φράσσω phrássō apparently a strengthening form of the base of G5424 (φρήν); to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figurat στόματα mouth στόμα stóma probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114 (τομώτερος); the mouth (as if a gash in the face); λεόντων lion λέων léōn a primary word; a lion lion ,

who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

ἔσβεσαν extinguish σβέννυμι sbénnymi a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; to extinguish (literally or figuratively) go out, quench δύναμιν power δύναμις dýnamis from G1410 (δύναμαι); force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle πυρός trials πῦρ pŷr a primary word; fire (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning) fiery, fire , ἔφυγον flee φεύγω pheúgō apparently a primary verb; to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish escap στόματα mouth στόμα stóma probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of G5114 (τομώτερος); the mouth (as if a gash in the face); ⸀μαχαίρης ⸀ἐδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ from ἀπό apó a primary particle; off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or fig ἀσθενείας want of strength ἀσθένεια asthéneia from G772 (ἀσθενής); feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty disease, infirmity, sickness , ἐγενήθησαν come into being γίνομαι gínomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come i ἰσχυροὶ strong ἰσχυρός ischyrós from G2479 (ἰσχύς); forcible (literally or figuratively) boisterous, mighty(-ier), powerful, strong(-er, man), valiant ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall πολέμῳ war πόλεμος pólemos from (to bustle); warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series) battle, fight, war , παρεμβολὰς camp παρεμβολή parembolḗ from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and G1685 (ἐμβάλλω); a throwing in beside (juxtaposition), i.e. (specially), battle-arra ἔκλιναν rest κλίνω klínō a primary verb; to slant or slope, i.e. incline or recline (literally or figuratively) bow (down), be far spent, lay, tu ἀλλοτρίων belonging to another ἀλλότριος allótrios from G243 (ἄλλος); another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile alien, (an-)other (man's, men' ·

quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

ἔλαβον receive λαμβάνω lambánō a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applicati γυναῖκες woman γυνή gynḗ probably from the base of G1096 (γίνομαι); a woman; specially, a wife wife, woman ἐξ from out ἐκ ek a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; ἀναστάσεως rising again ἀνάστασις anástasis from G450 (ἀνίστημι); a standing up again, i.e. (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by i τοὺς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, νεκροὺς dead νεκρός nekrós from an apparently primary (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun) dead αὐτῶν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive · ἄλλοι other ἄλλος állos a primary word; else, i.e. different (in many applications) more, one (another), (an-, some an-)other(-s, -wise) δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng ἐτυμπανίσθησαν torture τυμπανίζω tympanízō from a derivative of G5180 (τύπτω) (meaning a drum, tympanum); to stretch on an instrument of torture resembling a drum, , οὐ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no προσδεξάμενοι expect προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai from G4314 (πρός) and G1209 (δέχομαι); to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἀπολύτρωσιν redemption ἀπολύτρωσις apolýtrōsis from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and G3083 (λύτρον); (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) , ἵνα so that ἵνα hína probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ) (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588 (ὁ)); in orde κρείττονος stronger κρείττων kreíttōn comparative of a derivative of G2904 (κράτος); stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler best, better ἀναστάσεως rising again ἀνάστασις anástasis from G450 (ἀνίστημι); a standing up again, i.e. (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by i τύχωσιν obtain τυγχάνω tynchánō probably for an obsolete (for which the middle voice of another alternate (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in ce ·

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

ἕτεροι another ἕτερος héteros (an-, the) other or different altered, else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng ἐμπαιγμῶν mockery ἐμπαιγμός empaigmós from G1702 (ἐμπαίζω); derision mocking καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too μαστίγων scourge μάστιξ mástix probably from the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι) (through the idea of contact); a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for cr πεῖραν trial πεῖρα peîra from the base of G4008 (πέραν) (through the idea of piercing); a test, i.e. attempt, experience assaying, trial ἔλαβον receive λαμβάνω lambánō a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applicati , ἔτι still ἔτι éti perhaps akin to G2094 (ἔτος); yet, still (of time or degree) after that, also, ever, (any) further, (t-)henceforth (more δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng δεσμῶν bond δεσμόν desmón neuter and masculine respectively from G1210 (δέω); a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figu καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too φυλακῆς watching φυλακή phylakḗ from G5442 (φυλάσσω); a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or ·

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

ἐλιθάσθησαν stone λιθάζω litházō from G3037 (λίθος); to lapidate stone , ⸀ ἐπρίσθησαν saw πρίζω prízō a strengthened form of a primary prio (to saw); to saw in two saw asunder ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall φόνῳ murder φόνος phónos from an obsolete primary (to slay); murder murder, + be slain with, slaughter ⸀μαχαίρης ἀπέθανον dying ἀποθνήσκω apothnḗskō from G575 (ἀπό) and G2348 (θνήσκω); to die off (literally or figuratively) be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X , περιῆλθον move about περιέρχομαι periérchomai from G4012 (περί) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι) (including its alternate); to come all around, i.e. stroll, vacillate, veer fetch ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall μηλωταῖς sheepskin μηλωτή mēlōtḗ from (a sheep); a sheep-skin sheepskin , ἐν in ἐν en a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (mediall αἰγείοις of a goat αἴγειος aígeios from (a goat); belonging to a goat goat δέρμασιν hide δέρμα dérma from G1194 (δέρω); a hide skin , ὑστερούμενοι lacking ὑστερέω hysteréō from G5306 (ὕστερος); to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient) come be , θλιβόμενοι persecute θλίβω thlíbō akin to the base of G5147 (τρίβος); to crowd (literally or figuratively) afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, tr , κακουχούμενοι treat evilly κακουχέω kakouchéō from a presumed compound of G2556 (κακός) and G2192 (ἔχω); to maltreat which suffer adversity, torment ,

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

ὧν who ὅς hós probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ)); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, οὐκ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ἦν was εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when ἄξιος worthy ἄξιος áxios probably from G71 (ἄγω); deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise) due reward, meet, (un-)worthy ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, κόσμος world κόσμος kósmos probably from the base of G2865 (κομίζω); orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or ⸀ ἐπὶ on ἐπί epí a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (w ἐρημίαις desert place ἐρημία erēmía from G2048 (ἔρημος); solitude (concretely) desert, wilderness πλανώμενοι lead astray πλανάω planáō from G4106 (πλάνη); to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue) go astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ὄρεσι καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too σπηλαίοις cave σπήλαιον spḗlaion neuter of a presumed derivative of (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort cave, den καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ταῖς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ὀπαῖς crevice ὀπή opḗ probably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι); a hole (as if for light), i.e. cavern; by analogy, a spring (of water) cave, place τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, γῆς earth γῆ gē contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (includ ·

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

⸀ καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too πάντες all πᾶς pâs including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole all (manner of, means), alw μαρτυρηθέντες witness μαρτυρέω martyréō from G3144 (μάρτυς); to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively) charge, give (evidence), bear record, hav διὰ through διά diá a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πίστεως faith πίστις pístis from G3982 (πείθω); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a rel οὐκ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ἐκομίσαντο bring κομίζω komízō from a primary (to tend, i.e. take care of); properly, to provide for, i.e. (by implication) to carry off (as if from ha τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐπαγγελίαν promise ἐπαγγελία epangelía from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good) messa ,

These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, θεοῦ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various ἡμῶν I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me κρεῖττόν stronger κρείττων kreíttōn comparative of a derivative of G2904 (κράτος); stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler best, better τι who τίς tís probably emphatic of G5100 (τὶς); an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) every m προβλεψαμένου provide προβλέπω problépō from G4253 (πρό) and G991 (βλέπω); to look out beforehand, i.e. furnish in advance provide , ἵνα so that ἵνα hína probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ) (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588 (ὁ)); in orde μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) χωρὶς apart from χωρίς chōrís adverb from G5561 (χώρα); at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition) beside, by itself, without ἡμῶν I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me τελειωθῶσιν complete τελειόω teleióō from G5046 (τέλειος); to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character) consecrate, .

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

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