1 To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. 2 Si 44.10—50.21; 1 Macc 2.51-64It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God’s approval.
3 Gn 1.1;Ps 33.6,9;Jn 1.3It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God’s word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.
4 Gn 4.3-10It was faith that made Abeloffer to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s. Through his faith he won God’s approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abelstill speaks, even though he is dead.
5 Gn 5.21-24(LXX) ; Si 44.16It was faith that kept Enochfrom dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enochwas taken up, he had pleased God. 6 No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.
7 Gn 6.13-22It was faith that made Noahhear God’s warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noahreceived from God the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 Gn 12.1-5It was faith that made Abrahamobey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going. 9 Gn 35.27By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaacand Jacob, who received the same promise from God. 10 For Abraham was waiting for the city which God has designed and built, the city with permanent foundations.
11 Gn 18.11-14;21.2It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarahherself could not have children. He11.11: It was faith … children. He; some manuscripts have It was faith that made Sarah herself able to conceive, even though she was too old to have children. She.trusted God to keep his promise. 12 Gn 15.5;22.17;32.12Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, as many as the numberless grains of sand on the seashore.
13 Gn 23.4;1 Ch 29.15;Ps 39.12It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth. 14 Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 They did not keep thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they would have had the chance to return. 16 Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
17 Gn 22.1-14It was faith that made Abrahamoffer his son Isaacas a sacrifice when God put Abrahamto the test. Abrahamwas the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice. 18 Gn 21.12God had said to him, "It is through Isaacthat you will have the descendants I promised." 19 Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death—and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.
20 Gn 27.27-29,39,40It was faith that made Isaacpromise blessings for the future to Jacoband Esau.
21 Gn 48.1-20;Gn 47.31(LXX)It was faith that made Jacobbless each of the sons of Josephjust before he died. He leaned on the top of his walking stick and worshiped God.
22 Gn 50.24,25;Ex 13.19It was faith that made Joseph, when he was about to die, speak of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and leave instructions about what should be done with his body.
23 Ex 2.2;Ex 1.22It was faith that made the parents of Moseshide him for three months after he was born. They saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s order.
24 Ex 2.10-12It was faith that made Moses, when he had grown up, refuse to be called the son of the king’s daughter. 25 He preferred to suffer with God’s people rather than to enjoy sin for a little while. 26 He reckoned that to suffer scorn for the Messiah was worth far more than all the treasures of Egypt, for he kept his eyes on the future reward.
27 It was faith that made Moses leave Egyptwithout being afraid of the king’s anger. As though he saw the invisible God, he refused to turn back. 28 Ex 12.21-30It was faith that made him establish the Passover and order the blood to be sprinkled on the doors, so that the Angel of Death would not kill the first-born sons of the Israelites.
29 Ex 14.21-31It was faith that made the Israelites able to cross the Red Seaas if on dry land; when the Egyptians tried to do it, the water swallowed them up.
30 Js 6.12-21It was faith that made the walls of Jerichofall down after the Israelites had marched around them for seven days. 31 Js 6.22-25;Js 2.1-21It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahabfrom being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.
32 Jg 6.11—8.32; Jg 4.6—5.31; Jg 13.2—16.31; Jg 11.1—12.7; 1 S 16.1—1 K 2.11; 1 S 1.1—25.1Should I go on? There isn’t enough time for me to speak of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets. 33 Dn 6.1-27Through faith they fought whole countries and won. They did what was right and received what God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions, 34 Dn 3.1-30put out fierce fires, escaped being killed by the sword. They were weak, but became strong; they were mighty in battle and defeated the armies of foreigners. 35 1 K 17.17-24;2 K 4.25-37; 2 Macc 6.18—7.42Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life.
Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life. 36 1 K 22.26,27;2 Ch 18.25,26;Jr 20.2;37.15;38.6Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison. 37 2 Ch 24.21They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats—poor, persecuted, and mistreated. 38 The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.
39 What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised, 40 because God had decided on an even better plan for us. His purpose was that only in company with us would they be made perfect.
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Abel was a keeper of sheep and died in the field, killed by his brother Cain. The Lord had had regard for the offering that Abel brought of the firstborn of his flock (Genesis 4:8).
Cain, the son of Adam and Eve and a worker of the ground, killed his brother Abel in the field. Afterward, he went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden (Genesis 4:8).
Abel was a keeper of sheep and died in the field, killed by his brother Cain. The Lord had had regard for the offering that Abel brought of the firstborn of his flock (Genesis 4:8).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Abraham, called by God, left his country for Canaan, received the promise that he would be the father of many nations, and fathered Isaac, the son of promise (Genesis 12:1).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Isaac was the son God promised to Abraham and Sarah in their old age; his father nearly offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 22:2).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, was sold into slavery by his brothers and became governor of Egypt, where he stored grain and saved his family from famine (Genesis 41:41).
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, was sold into slavery by his brothers and became governor of Egypt, where he stored grain and saved his family from famine (Genesis 41:41).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
The Red Sea is the sea that the Lord dried up before Israel when they came out of Egypt; the people crossed it on dry ground, and the best of Pharaoh’s officers drowned in it (Exodus 15:4).
Jericho is the city opposite which Israel crossed the Jordan and which was set apart for destruction, with Rahab and those in her house spared. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt it in Ahab’s time (Joshua 6:17).
Gideon, son of Joash, also called Jerubbaal, broke down the altar of Baal and, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites; he refused to be king (Judges 7:7).
Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh in Naphtali, was summoned by Deborah, took 10,000 men to Mount Tabor, and pursued Sisera’s army to Harosheth-hagoyim (Judges 4:16).
Samson, a Nazirite from birth and judge of Israel, defeated the Philistines with great strength, was betrayed by Delilah, and died bringing down the temple of Dagon (Judges 16:30).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Samuel, son of Elkanah and Hannah, was dedicated by his mother to the service of the Lord at Shiloh, judged Israel as a prophet, and anointed Saul and David as kings (1 Samuel 3:20).