Hebrews 11:1-6 ▼

1 Now faith is the foundation of our hopes of happiness, and the persuasion we have about things not evident to our senses.

2 and it was for their faith that our fore-fathers acquired so great a reputation.

3 'Tis by faith we learn that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the visible world was not made out of any thing that did appear.

4 'Twas by faith that Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he was declared righteous, God himself having testified that he accepted his offering, and after he died for his faith, he was not silent.

5 By faith Enoch was translated that he might avoid dying; and he could not be found, because God had translated him: for 'tis recorded, that before his translation he was approved by God.

6 now without faith it is impossible to be acceptable to him: for he that presents himself to God, cannot but believe he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who make their addresses to him.