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11:1  Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
11:2  For by it the men of the past were approved by God.
11:3  By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not brought into being from anything observable.
11:4  By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which faith he was attested as righteous, God himself showing his approval by accepting · his gifts. · And though he died, he still speaks through his faith.
11:5  By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him. · For before he was taken he had been approved as one who had been pleasing to God,
11:6  and without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe · that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
11:7  By faith Noah, having been warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and built an ark for the safety of his household. By this act of faith he condemned · humanity and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
11:8  By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would receive as an inheritance. · He set out even though he did not know where he was going.
11:9  By faith he migrated to the land · he had been promised, as to a foreign land, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, · heirs with him of the same promise, ·
11:10  for he was looking forward to the city which has foundations, whose designer and builder is · God.
11:11  By faith · Abraham was enabled to become a father—even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing—because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.
11:12  And so it was that from this one man, and he was already impotent, there were born · descendants as many as the stars of heaven in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand · along the shore of the sea ·
11:13  These all died in faith, without receiving the fulfillment of the promises, but they saw them from a distance and greeted them. · They acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles in the land.
11:14  For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a land of their own.
11:15  · If they had been referring to that country from which they had set out, they would have had opportunity to return.
11:16  But as it is, they were longing for a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed · to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.
11:17  By faith Abraham, when he was being tested, offered up · Isaac; yes, he who had received the promises was offering his only son,
11:18  of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you.”
11:19  He considered that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, · and, in a sense, he did receive him back from there.
11:20  By faith Isaac invoked blessings on Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. · ·
11:21  By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.
11:22  By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, spoke about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions regarding the burial of his bones.
11:23  By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by · his parents, because they saw that he was an extraordinary · child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. ·
11:24  By faith Moses, when he was grown up, disdained to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
11:25  choosing rather to suffer hardship along with the people of God than to enjoy the transient pleasure of sin.
11:26  He considered abuse for the sake of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, · for he was looking ahead to his reward.
11:27  By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he endured as though seeing the one who is invisible.
11:28  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not touch · their firstborn.
11:29  By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried, they were drowned.
11:30  By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
11:31  By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with the unbelievers, because she had received the spies with peace.
11:32  And what more shall I say? For time would fail me if I told · about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, about both David and Samuel and the prophets,
11:33  who through faith conquered kingdoms, brought about justice, obtained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
11:34  extinguished raging flames, escaped the edge of the sword; who after weakness were made strong, who became mighty in war and put foreign armies to flight.
11:35  Women received their dead by resurrection. · But others were tortured, after refusing to accept · release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
11:36  Others · experienced jeering and flogging, and even chains and prison.
11:37  They were stoned; they were sawn in two; they were murdered by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted, mistreated
11:38  (of whom the world was not worthy). They wandered aimlessly in deserts and on mountains, · living in caves and · crevices in the ground,
11:39  and although they all had received commendation for their faith, they did not receive what had been promised,
11:40  for · God had provided something better with us in mind, so that they should not reach their goal apart from us.