1Now[G1161]faith[G4102]is[G2076] the substance[G5287] of things[G4229] hoped for[G1679], the evidence[G1650] of things[G4229]not[G3756]seen[G991].
2For[G1063]by[G1722]it[G5026] the elders[G4245] obtained a good report[G3140].
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Through faith[G4102] we understand[G3539] that the worlds[G165]were[G1096]framed[G2675] by the word[G4487]of[G1537]God[G2316], so[G1519] that things which[G3588] are seen[G991]were[G1096]not[G3361]made[G1096]of[G1537] things which[G3588] do appear[G5316].
4By[G1223]faith[G4102]Abel[G6]offered[G4374] unto God[G2316] a more excellent[G4119]sacrifice[G2378]than[G3844]Cain[G2535], by[G1223]which[G3739] he obtained witness[G3140] that he was[G1511]righteous[G1342], God[G2316]testifying[G3140]of[G1909]his[G846]gifts[G1435]: and[G2532]by[G1223]it[G846] he being dead[G599]yet[G2089]speaketh[G2980].
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By faith[G4102]Enoch[G1802]was[G2147]translated[G3346] that he should[G1492]not[G3361]see[G1492]death[G2288]; and[G2532]was[G2147]not[G3756]found[G2147], because[G1360]God[G2316] had translated[G3346]him[G846]: for[G1063]before[G4253]his[G846]translation[G3331] he had this testimony[G3140], that he pleased[G2100]God[G2316].
6But[G1161]without[G5565]faith[G4102] it is[G2076]impossible[G102] to please[G2100]him[G846]: for[G1063] he that[G3754]cometh[G4334] to God[G2316]must[G1163]believe[G4100]that[G3754] he is[G1096], and[G2532]that[G3754] he is[G1096] a rewarder[G3406] of them that[G3754] diligently seek[G1567]him[G846].
7By[G1223]faith[G4102]Noah[G3575], being warned of[G4012]God[G5537]of[G4012] things not[G3369]seen[G991] as yet[G3369], moved with fear[G2125], prepared[G2680] an ark[G2787]to[G1519] the saving[G4991]of[G4012]his[G846]house[G3624]; by[G2596] the which[G3739] he condemned[G2632] the world[G2889], and[G2532]became[G1096]heir[G2818]of[G4012] the righteousness[G1343]which[G3739] is by[G2596]faith[G4102].
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By faith[G4102]Abraham[G11], when he was called[G2564] to go out[G1831]into[G1519] a place[G5117]which[G3739] he should after[G3195]receive[G2983]for[G1519] an inheritance[G2817], obeyed[G5219]; and[G2532] he went[G2064]out[G1831], not[G3361]knowing[G1987]whither[G4226] he went[G2064].
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By faith[G4102] he sojourned[G3939]in[G1519] the land[G1093] of promise[G1860], as[G5613]in[G1722] a strange country[G245], dwelling[G2730]in[G1722]tabernacles[G4633]with[G3326]Isaac[G2464]and[G2532]Jacob[G2384], the heirs with[G3326]him[G4789] of the same[G846]promise[G1860]:
10For[G1063] he looked for[G1551] a city[G4172] which hath[G2192]foundations[G2310], whose[G3739]builder[G5079]and[G2532]maker[G1217] is God[G2316].
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Through faith[G4102]also[G2532]Sara[G4564]herself[G846]received[G2983]strength[G1411]to[G1519]conceive[G2602]seed[G4690], and[G2532] was delivered of a child[G5088] when she was past[G3844]age[G2540], because[G1893] she judged[G2233] him faithful[G4103] who had promised[G1861].
12Therefore[G1352] sprang there[G1080]even[G2532]of[G575]one[G1520], and[G2532]him[G5023]as[G2531] good as[G5616]dead[G3499], so many as[G5616] the stars[G798]of[G575] the sky[G3772] in multitude[G4128], and[G2532]as[G5616] the sand[G285]which[G3588] is by[G3844] the sea[G2281]shore[G5491]innumerable[G382].
13These[G3778]all[G3956]died[G599]in[G2596]faith[G4102], not[G3361] having received[G2983] the promises[G1860], but[G235] having seen[G1492]them[G846] afar off[G4207], and[G2532]were[G1526] persuaded of[G3982]them[G846], and[G2532]embraced[G782]them[G846], and[G2532]confessed[G3670]that[G3754] they were[G1526]strangers[G3581]and[G2532]pilgrims[G3927]on[G1909] the earth[G1093].
14For[G1063] they that[G3754]say[G3004] such things[G5108] declare plainly[G1718]that[G3754] they seek[G1934] a country[G3968].
15And[G2532]truly[G3303], if[G1487] they had[G2192] been mindful[G3421] of that[G1565] country from[G575]whence[G3739] they came out[G1831], they might[G302] have had[G2192]opportunity[G2540] to have returned[G344].
16But[G1161]now[G3570] they desire[G3713] a better[G2909] country, that is[G5123], an heavenly[G2032]: wherefore[G1352]God[G2316]is[G1870]not[G3756]ashamed[G1870] to be called[G1941]their[G846]God[G2316]: for[G1063] he hath prepared[G2090]for[G1063]them[G846] a city[G4172].
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By faith[G4102]Abraham[G11], when he was tried[G3985], offered up[G4374]Isaac[G2464]: and[G2532] he that had received[G324] the promises[G1860] offered up[G4374] his only begotten[G3439] son,
18Of[G4314]whom[G3739] it was said[G2980], That[G3754]in[G1722]Isaac[G2464]shall[G2564]thy[G4671]seed[G4690] be called[G2564]:
19Accounting[G3049]that[G3754]God[G2316] was able[G1415] to raise him[G846]up[G1453], even[G2532]from[G1537] the dead[G3498]; from[G1537]whence[G3606]also[G2532] he received[G2865]him[G846]in[G1722] a figure[G3850].
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By faith[G4102]Isaac[G2464]blessed[G2127]Jacob[G2384]and[G2532]Esau[G2269]concerning[G4012] things to come[G3195].
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By faith[G4102]Jacob[G2384], when he was a dying[G599], blessed[G2127]both[G1538] the sons[G5207] of Joseph[G2501]; and[G2532]worshipped[G4352], leaning upon[G1909] the top[G206] of his[G846]staff[G4464].
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By faith[G4102]Joseph[G2501], when he died[G5053], made mention[G3421]of[G4012] the departing[G1841]of[G4012] the children[G5207]of[G4012]Israel[G2474]; and[G2532] gave commandment[G1781]concerning[G4012]his[G846]bones[G3747].
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By faith[G4102]Moses[G3475], when he was born[G1080], was hid[G2928] three months[G5150]of[G5259]his[G846]parents[G3962], because[G1360] they saw[G1492] he was a proper[G791]child[G3813]; and[G2532] they were[G5399]not[G3756]afraid[G5399]of[G5259] the king's commandment[G1297].
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By faith[G4102]Moses[G3475], when he was come[G1096] to years[G3173], refused[G720] to be called[G3004] the son[G5207] of Pharaoh's daughter[G2364];
25Choosing[G138]rather[G3123] to suffer affliction[G4778] with the people[G2992] of God[G2316], than[G2228] to enjoy the pleasures[G2192] of sin[G266] for a season[G4340];
26Esteeming[G2233] the reproach[G3680] of Christ[G5547]greater[G3187]riches[G4149]than[G2233] the treasures[G2344]in[G1722]Egypt[G125]: for[G1063] he had respect[G578]unto[G1519] the recompence of the reward[G3405].
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By faith[G4102] he forsook[G2641]Egypt[G125], not[G3361]fearing[G5399] the wrath[G2372] of the king[G935]: for[G1063] he endured[G2594], as[G5613]seeing[G3708] him who is invisible[G517].
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Through faith[G4102] he kept[G4160] the passover[G3957], and[G2532] the sprinkling[G4378] of blood[G129], lest[G3363] he that destroyed[G3645] the firstborn[G4416] should touch[G2345]them[G846].
29By[G1223]faith[G4102] they passed through[G1224] the Red[G2063]sea[G2281]as[G5613]by[G1223]dry[G3584] land: which[G3739] the Egyptians[G124]assaying[G3984] to do[G2983] were drowned[G2666].
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By faith[G4102] the walls[G5038] of Jericho[G2410] fell down[G4098], after they were compassed[G2944]about[G1909]seven[G2033]days[G2250].
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By faith[G4102] the harlot[G4204]Rahab[G4460]perished[G4881]not[G3756]with[G3326] them that believed not[G544], when she had received[G1209] the spies[G2685]with[G3326]peace[G1515].
32And[G2532]what[G5101] shall I[G3004]more[G2089]say?[G3004]for[G1063] the time[G5550] would fail[G1952]me[G3165] to tell[G1334]of[G4012]Gedeon[G1066], and[G5037]of[G4012]Barak[G913], and[G5037]of[G4012]Samson[G4546], and[G5037]of[G4012]Jephthae[G2422]; of[G4012]David[G1138]also[G2532], and[G5037]Samuel[G4545], and[G5037]of[G4012] the prophets[G4396]:
33Who[G3739]through[G1223]faith[G4102]subdued[G2610]kingdoms[G932], wrought[G2038]righteousness[G1343], obtained[G2013]promises[G1860], stopped[G5420] the mouths[G4750] of lions[G3023],
34Quenched[G4570] the violence[G1411]of[G575]fire[G4442], escaped[G5343] the edge[G4750]of[G575] the sword[G3162], out of[G575]weakness[G769] were made strong[G1743], waxed[G1096]valiant[G2478]in[G1722]fight[G4171], turned to flight[G2827] the armies[G3925]of[G575] the aliens[G245].
35Women[G1135]received[G2983]their[G846]dead[G3498] raised to life again[G1537]: and[G1161]others[G243] were tortured[G5178], not[G3756]accepting[G4327]deliverance[G629]; that[G2443] they might obtain[G5177] a better[G2909]resurrection[G386]:
36And[G1161]others[G2087]had[G2983]trial[G3984] of cruel mockings[G1701]and[G2532]scourgings[G3148], yea[G1161], moreover[G2089] of bonds[G1199]and[G2532]imprisonment[G5438]:
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They were stoned[G3034], they were sawn asunder[G4249], were tempted[G3985], were slain[G599]with[G1722] the sword[G5408]: they wandered about[G4022]in[G1722]sheepskins[G3374]and[G1722]goatskins[G122]; being destitute[G5302], afflicted[G2346], tormented[G2558];
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(Of whom[G3739] the world[G2889]was[G2258]not[G3756]worthy[G514]:) they wandered[G4105]in[G1722]deserts[G2047], and[G2532]in[G1722]mountains[G3735], and[G2532]in[G1722]dens[G4693]and[G2532]caves[G3692] of the earth[G1093].
39And[G2532]these[G3778]all[G3956], having obtained a good report[G3140]through[G1223]faith[G4102], received[G2865]not[G3756] the promise[G1860]:
40God[G2316] having provided[G4265]some[G5100]better[G2909]thing[G5100]for[G4012]us[G2257], that[G3363]they[G5048]without[G5565]us[G2257]should[G5048]not[G3363] be made perfect[G5048].