Hebrews 11:32-40 ▼

32 And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, received promises, shut the mouths of lions,

34 put out raging fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in weakness, became powerful in battle, and routed foreign armies.

35 Women received their dead raised back to life. Other people were brutally tortured, but refused to be ransomed, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

36 Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.

37 They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.

38 The world wasn't worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and from caves to holes in the ground.

39 All these people won approval for their faith but they did not receive what was promised,

40 since God had planned something better for us, so that they would not be perfected without us.