Hebrews 11:1-9 ▼

1 Now faith is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.

2 For by this, the people of old were attested.

3 By faith, we understand that the ages were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

4 By faith, Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was attested as righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and though he died he still speaks through it.

5 By faith, Hanoch was taken away, so that he would not see death, |and he was not found, because God took him away.| For before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God.

6 Now without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared a box-shaped vessel for the salvation of his household, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going.

9 By faith, he sojourned in a land of promise, as a foreigner, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.