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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hebrews 11 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//hebrews/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > Hebrews 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/hebrews/11.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/10.htm" title="Hebrews 10">◄</a> Hebrews 11 <a href="../hebrews/12.htm" title="Hebrews 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Faith and Assurance</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now faith is <i>the</i> assurance of <i>things</i> hoped for, <i>the</i> conviction of things not being seen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For in this the ancients were commended. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>By faith we understand the universe to have been formed by <i>the</i> word of God, so that the things being seen have not been made from the things being visible. </p><p class="hdg">The Faith of Abel, Enoch, Noah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts; and through it, having died, he still speaks. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>By faith Enoch was translated not to see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him up.<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Genesis 5:24">a</a></span> For before the translation, he was commended to have pleased God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And without faith, <i>it is</i> impossible to please <i>Him</i>. For it behooves the one drawing near to God to believe that He exists and <i>that</i> He becomes a rewarder to those earnestly seeking Him out. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>By faith Noah, having been divinely instructed concerning the things not yet seen, having been moved with fear, prepared an ark for <i>the</i> salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness <i>that is</i> according to faith. </p><p class="hdg">The Faith of Abraham and Sarah<br /><span class="cross">(Genesis 15:1-7; Romans 4:1-12; Galatians 3:1-9; James 2:14-26)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing where he is going. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>By faith he sojourned in <i>the</i> land of the promise, as <i>in</i> a foreign <i>country</i>, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For he was awaiting the city having foundations, of which <i>the</i> architect and builder <i>is</i> God. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>By faith also Sarah, herself barren, received power for <i>the</i> conception of seed, even beyond the opportune age, since she considered the <i>One</i> having promised faithful. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore also were born from one man, and he having been as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in multitude, and countless as the sand by the shore of the sea. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having embraced <i>them</i>, and having confessed that they are strangers and sojourners on the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For those saying such things make manifest that they are seeking <i>their</i> own country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And indeed if they had been remembering that from where they came out, they would have had opportunity to return. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But now they stretch forward to a better <i>one</i>, that is, a heavenly <i>one</i>. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>By faith Abraham, being tested, has offered up Isaac. Even the <i>one</i> having received the promises was offering up <i>his</i> only begotten son, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>as to whom it was said, “In Isaac your offspring will be reckoned,”<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Genesis 21:12">b</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>having reasoned that God <i>was</i> able even to raise <i>him</i> out from <i>the</i> dead, from where he received him also in a simile. </p><p class="hdg">The Faith of Isaac, Jacob, Joseph</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning <i>the things</i> coming. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped on the top of his staff. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>By faith Joseph, dying, made mention concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions concerning his bones. </p><p class="hdg">The Faith of Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw the little child <i>was</i> beautiful, and they did not fear the edict of the king. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>By faith Moses, having become grown, refused to be called <i>the</i> son of Pharaoh’s daughter, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>having chosen to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to have <i>the</i> fleeting enjoyment of sin, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>having esteemed the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking toward the reward. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the anger of the king; for he persevered, as seeing the Invisible <i>One</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>By faith he has kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the <i>one</i> destroying the firstborn would not touch them. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians, an attempt having made, were swallowed up. </p><p class="hdg">The Faith of Many</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those having disobeyed, having received the spies with peace. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And what more shall I say? For the time will fail me, telling of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, also David, and Samuel, and the prophets, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises; shut <i>the</i> mouths of lions, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>quenched <i>the</i> power of fire, escaped <i>the</i> mouths of <i>the</i> sword; acquired strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight foreign armies. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And others received <i>the</i> trial of mockings and of scourgings, and in addition, of chains and imprisonment. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>They were stoned, they were sawed in two,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnc" title="NE, WH, BYZ, and TR include ‘they were put to the test,’">c</a></span> they were killed by slaughter of <i>the</i> sword; they wandered in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, being oppressed, being mistreated; <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and mountains, and caves, and holes of the earth. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And these all, having been commended through the faith, did not receive the promise, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>God having planned something better for us, so that not apart from us, they should be made perfect.<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnote">Genesis 5:24</span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnote">Genesis 21:12</span><br /><A name="fnc"></a><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">37</span> <span class="footnote">NE, WH, BYZ, and TR include <i>they were put to the test,</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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