Hebrews 11 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Triumphs of Faith

11 Now faith is the ^(A)certainty of things ^[a](B)hoped for, a ^[b]proof of ^(C)things not seen. ² For by it the ^(D)people of old ^[c](E)gained approval.

³ By faith we understand that the ^[d](F)world has been created ^(G)by the word of God so that what is seen ^(H)has not been made out of things that are visible. ⁴ By faith ^(I)Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was ^(J)attested to be righteous, God testifying ^[e]about his ^(K)gifts, and through ^[f]faith, though ^(L)he is dead, he still speaks. ⁵ By faith ^(M)Enoch was taken up so that he would not ^(N)see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for before he was taken up, he was attested to have been pleasing to God. ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who ^(O)comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be One who rewards those who seek Him. ⁷ By faith ^(P)Noah, being ^(Q)warned by God about ^(R)things not yet seen, ^[g](S)in reverence ^(T)prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of ^(U)the righteousness which is according to faith.

⁸ By faith ^(V)Abraham, when he was called, obeyed ^[h]by going out to a place which he was to ^(W)receive for an inheritance; and he left, not knowing where he was going. ⁹ By faith he lived as a stranger in ^(X)the land of promise, as in a foreign land, ^(Y)living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^(Z)fellow heirs of the same promise; ¹⁰ for he was looking for ^(AA)the city which has ^(AB)foundations, ^(AC)whose architect and builder is God. ¹¹ By faith even ^(AD)Sarah herself received ^[i]ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him ^(AE)faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore even from one man, and ^(AF)one who was as good as dead ^[j]at that, there were born descendants who were ^(AG)just as the stars of heaven in number, and as the innumerable grains of sand along the seashore.

^{13 (AH)}All these died in faith, ^(AI)without receiving the promises, but ^(AJ)having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and ^(AK)having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵ And indeed if they had been ^[k]thinking of that country which they left, ^(AL)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a ^(AM)heavenly one. Therefore ^(AN)God is not ^[l]ashamed to be ^(AO)called their God; for ^(AP)He has prepared a city for them.

¹⁷ By faith ^(AQ)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and the one who had ^(AR)received the promises was offering up his ^[m]only son; ¹⁸ it was he to whom it was said, “^(AS)Through Isaac your ^[n]descendants shall be named.” ^{19 [o]}He considered that ^(AT)God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back ^[p]as a ^[q](AU)type. ²⁰ By faith ^(AV)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. ²¹ By faith ^(AW)Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and ^(AX)worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. ²² By faith ^(AY)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

²³ By faith ^(AZ)Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the ^(BA)king’s edict. ²⁴ By faith Moses, ^(BB)when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to ^(BC)endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin, ^{26 (BD)}considering the ^[r]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the ^(BE)reward. ²⁷ By faith he ^(BF)left Egypt, not ^(BG)fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as though ^(BH)seeing Him who is unseen. ²⁸ By faith he ^[s](BI)kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that ^(BJ)the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they ^(BK)passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were ^[t]drowned.

³⁰ By faith ^(BL)the walls of Jericho fell down ^[u](BM)after the Israelites had marched around them for seven days. ³¹ By faith the prostitute ^(BN)Rahab did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies ^[v]in peace.

³² And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of ^(BO)Gideon, ^(BP)Barak, ^(BQ)Samson, ^(BR)Jephthah, of ^(BS)David and ^(BT)Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who by faith ^(BU)conquered kingdoms, ^(BV)performed acts of righteousness, ^(BW)obtained promises, ^(BX)shut the mouths of lions, ^{34 (BY)}quenched the power of fire, ^(BZ)escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, ^(CA)became mighty in war, ^(CB)put foreign armies to flight. ^{35 (CC)}Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their ^[w]release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; ³⁶ and others ^[x]experienced mocking and flogging, and further, ^(CD)chains and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were ^(CE)stoned, they were sawn in two, ^[y]they were tempted, they were ^(CF)put to death with the sword; they went about ^(CG)in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ^(CH)tormented ³⁸ (people of whom the world was not worthy), ^(CI)wandering in deserts, on mountains, and sheltering in caves and holes ^[z]in the ground.

³⁹ And all these, having ^(CJ)gained approval through their faith, ^(CK)did not receive ^[aa]what was promised, ⁴⁰ because God had ^[ab]provided ^(CL)something better for us, so that ^(CM)apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Footnotes

1. Hebrews 11:1 Or expected
2. Hebrews 11:1 Or conviction about
3. Hebrews 11:2 Lit obtained a good testimony
4. Hebrews 11:3 Or worlds were; lit ages
5. Hebrews 11:4 I.e., by receiving his gifts
6. Hebrews 11:4 Lit it
7. Hebrews 11:7 Or was reverent and prepared
8. Hebrews 11:8 Lit to go out
9. Hebrews 11:11 Lit power for the laying down of seed
10. Hebrews 11:12 Lit in these things
11. Hebrews 11:15 Or remembering
12. Hebrews 11:16 Lit ashamed of them, to be
13. Hebrews 11:17 I.e., only son with Sarah
14. Hebrews 11:18 Lit seed
15. Hebrews 11:19 Lit Considering
16. Hebrews 11:19 Lit in
17. Hebrews 11:19 I.e., of resurrection, figuratively, pointing to the future
18. Hebrews 11:26 I.e., insults like those later suffered by Christ
19. Hebrews 11:28 Lit has kept
20. Hebrews 11:29 Lit swallowed up
21. Hebrews 11:30 Lit after they had been encircled for
22. Hebrews 11:31 Lit with
23. Hebrews 11:35 Lit redemption
24. Hebrews 11:36 Lit received the trial of
25. Hebrews 11:37 One early ms does not contain they were tempted
26. Hebrews 11:38 Lit of
27. Hebrews 11:39 Lit the promise
28. Hebrews 11:40 Or foreseen

Cross references

1. Hebrews 11:1 : Heb 3:14
2. Hebrews 11:1 : Heb 3:6
3. Hebrews 11:1 : Rom 8:24; 2 Cor 4:18; 5:7; Heb 11:7, 27
4. Hebrews 11:2 : Heb 1:1
5. Hebrews 11:2 : Heb 11:4, 39
6. Hebrews 11:3 : John 1:3; Heb 1:2
7. Hebrews 11:3 : Gen ch 1; Ps 33:6, 9; Heb 6:5; 2 Pet 3:5
8. Hebrews 11:3 : Rom 4:17
9. Hebrews 11:4 : Gen 4:4; Matt 23:35; 1 John 3:12
10. Hebrews 11:4 : Heb 11:2
11. Hebrews 11:4 : Heb 5:1
12. Hebrews 11:4 : Gen 4:8-10; Heb 12:24
13. Hebrews 11:5 : Gen 5:21-24
14. Hebrews 11:5 : Luke 2:26; John 8:51; Heb 2:9
15. Hebrews 11:6 : Heb 7:19
16. Hebrews 11:7 : Gen 6:13-22
17. Hebrews 11:7 : Heb 8:5
18. Hebrews 11:7 : Heb 11:1
19. Hebrews 11:7 : Heb 5:7
20. Hebrews 11:7 : 1 Pet 3:20
21. Hebrews 11:7 : Gen 6:9; Ezek 14:14, 20; Rom 4:13; 9:30
22. Hebrews 11:8 : Gen 12:1-4; Acts 7:2-4
23. Hebrews 11:8 : Gen 12:7
24. Hebrews 11:9 : Acts 7:5
25. Hebrews 11:9 : Gen 12:8; 13:3, 18; 18:1, 9
26. Hebrews 11:9 : Heb 6:17
27. Hebrews 11:10 : Heb 12:22; 13:14
28. Hebrews 11:10 : Rev 21:14ff
29. Hebrews 11:10 : Heb 11:16
30. Hebrews 11:11 : Gen 17:19; 18:11-14; 21:2
31. Hebrews 11:11 : Heb 10:23
32. Hebrews 11:12 : Rom 4:19
33. Hebrews 11:12 : Gen 15:5; 22:17; 32:12
34. Hebrews 11:13 : Matt 13:17
35. Hebrews 11:13 : Heb 11:39
36. Hebrews 11:13 : John 8:56; Heb 11:27
37. Hebrews 11:13 : Gen 23:4; 47:9; 1 Chr 29:15; Ps 39:12; Eph 2:19; 1 Pet 1:1; 2:11
38. Hebrews 11:15 : Gen 24:6-8
39. Hebrews 11:16 : 2 Tim 4:18
40. Hebrews 11:16 : Mark 8:38; Heb 2:11
41. Hebrews 11:16 : Gen 26:24; 28:13; Ex 3:6, 15; 4:5
42. Hebrews 11:16 : Heb 11:10; Rev 21:2
43. Hebrews 11:17 : Gen 22:1-10; James 2:21
44. Hebrews 11:17 : Heb 11:13
45. Hebrews 11:18 : Gen 21:12; Rom 9:7
46. Hebrews 11:19 : Rom 4:21
47. Hebrews 11:19 : Heb 9:9
48. Hebrews 11:20 : Gen 27:27-29, 39f
49. Hebrews 11:21 : Gen 48:1, 5, 16, 20
50. Hebrews 11:21 : Gen 47:31; 1 Kin 1:47
51. Hebrews 11:22 : Gen 50:24f; Ex 13:19
52. Hebrews 11:23 : Ex 2:2
53. Hebrews 11:23 : Ex 1:16, 22
54. Hebrews 11:24 : Ex 2:10, 11ff
55. Hebrews 11:25 : Heb 11:37
56. Hebrews 11:26 : Luke 14:33; Phil 3:7f
57. Hebrews 11:26 : Heb 2:2
58. Hebrews 11:27 : Ex 2:15; 12:50f; 13:17f
59. Hebrews 11:27 : Ex 2:14; 10:28f
60. Hebrews 11:27 : Col 1:15; Heb 11:1, 13
61. Hebrews 11:28 : Ex 12:21ff
62. Hebrews 11:28 : Ex 12:23, 29f; 1 Cor 10:10
63. Hebrews 11:29 : Ex 14:22-29
64. Hebrews 11:30 : Josh 6:20
65. Hebrews 11:30 : Josh 6:15f
66. Hebrews 11:31 : Josh 2:9ff; 6:23; James 2:25
67. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg ch 6-8
68. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg ch 4, 5
69. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg ch 13-16
70. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg ch 11, 12
71. Hebrews 11:32 : 1 Sam 16:1, 13
72. Hebrews 11:32 : 1 Sam 1:20
73. Hebrews 11:33 : Judg ch 4, 7, 11, 14; 2 Sam 5:17-20; 8:1f; 10:12
74. Hebrews 11:33 : 1 Sam 12:4; 2 Sam 8:15
75. Hebrews 11:33 : 2 Sam 7:11f
76. Hebrews 11:33 : Judg 14:6; 1 Sam 17:34ff; Dan 6:22
77. Hebrews 11:34 : Dan 3:23ff
78. Hebrews 11:34 : Ex 18:4; 1 Sam 18:11; 19:10; 1 Kin ch 19; 2 Kin ch 6; Ps 144:10
79. Hebrews 11:34 : Judg 7:21; 15:8, 15f; 1 Sam 17:51f; 2 Sam 8:1-6; 10:15ff
80. Hebrews 11:34 : Judg 7:21; 15:8, 15f; 1 Sam 17:51f; 2 Sam 8:1-6; 10:15ff
81. Hebrews 11:35 : 1 Kin 17:23; 2 Kin 4:36f
82. Hebrews 11:36 : Gen 39:20; 1 Kin 22:27; 2 Chr 18:26; Jer 20:2; 37:15
83. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kin 21:13; 2 Chr 24:21
84. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kin 19:10; Jer 26:23
85. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kin 19:13, 19; 2 Kin 2:8, 13f; Zech 13:4
86. Hebrews 11:37 : Heb 11:25; 13:3
87. Hebrews 11:38 : 1 Kin 18:4, 13; 19:9
88. Hebrews 11:39 : Heb 11:2
89. Hebrews 11:39 : Heb 10:36; 11:13
90. Hebrews 11:40 : Heb 11:16
91. Hebrews 11:40 : Rev 6:11