Hebrews 11:17-40 ▼

17 By faith Abraham, being tested. has offered up Isaac. Even the one having received the promises was offering up his only begotten,

18 as to whom it was said, “In Isaac a seed will be called to you,”

19 having reasoned that God was able even to raise him out from the dead, from where he received him back also in a simile.

20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the things about to be.

21 By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, finishing life, made mention concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave commands concerning his bones.

23 By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw the child was beautiful, and they did not fear the edict of the king.

24 By faith Moses, having become grown, refused to be called the son of the daughter of Pharaoh,

25 having chosen to suffer mistreatment with the people of God rather than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin,

26 having esteemed the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

27 By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the anger of the king; for as seeing the Invisible One, he persevered.

28 By faith he has kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one destroying the firstborn should not touch them.

29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians, having made an attempt, were swallowed up.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.

31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those having disobeyed, having welcomed the spies with peace.

32 And what more shall I say? For the time will fail me recounting fully about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, also David and Samuel and the prophets,

33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, worked justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouths of the sword, were made powerful out of weakness, became strong in war, and put to flight foreign armies.

35 Women received their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection.

36 And others received the trial of mockings and of scourgings, and even of chains and of imprisonment.

37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by slaughter of the sword; they wandered in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, being oppressed, being mistreated—

38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes of the earth.

39 And these all, having been testified to through faith, did not receive the promise,

40 God having planned something better for us, so that not apart from us, they should be perfected.