1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 By faith Abelbrought God a better offering than Caindid. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abelstill speaks, even though he is dead.
5 By faith Enochwas taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away."11:5 Gen. 5:24For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaacand Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because heconsidered him faithful who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaacas a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaacthat your offspring will be reckoned."11:18 Gen. 21:1219 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 By faith Isaacblessed Jacoband Esauin regard to their future.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptand gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Seaas on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jerichofell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.11:31 Or unbelieving
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samsonand Jephthah, about Davidand Samueland the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning;11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together 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).
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).