Dual Panel1Now faith <4102> is <1510> being sure <5287> of what <4229> we hope for <1679>, being convinced <1650> of what we do <991> not <3756> see <991>.
2For <1063> by <1722> it <3778> the people of old <4245> received God’s commendation <3140>.
3By faith <4102> we understand <3539> that the worlds <165> were set in order <2675> at God’s <2316> command <4487>, so that the visible <991> has its origin <1096> in <1519> the invisible <3361> <1537> <5316>.
4By faith <4102> Abel <6> offered <4374> God <2316> a greater <4119> sacrifice <2378> than <3844> Cain <2535>, and through <1223> his faith <3739> he was commended <3140> as righteous <1342>, because God <2316> commended <3140> him for <1909> his <846> offerings <1435>. And <2532> through <1223> his <846> faith he <2980> still <2089> speaks <2980>, though he is dead <599>.
5By faith <4102> Enoch <1802> was taken up <3346> so that he did not <3361> see <1492> death <2288>, and <2532> he was <2147> not <3756> to be found <2147> because <1360> God <2316> took <3346> him <846> up <3346>. For <1063> before <4253> his removal <3331> he had been commended <3140> as having pleased <2100> God <2316>.
6Now without <5565> faith <4102> it is impossible <102> to please <2100> him, for <1063> the one who approaches <4334> God <2316> must <1163> believe <4100> that <3754> he exists <1510> and <2532> that he rewards <1096> rewards <3406> those who seek <1567> him <846>.
7By faith <4102> Noah <3575>, when <5537> he was warned <5537> about <4012> things not yet <3369> seen <991>, with reverent regard <2125> constructed <2680> an ark <2787> for <1519> the deliverance <4991> of his <846> family <3624>. Through <1223> faith <3739> he condemned <2632> the world <2889> and <2532> became <1096> an heir <2818> of the righteousness <1343> that comes by <2596> faith <4102>.
8By faith <4102> Abraham <11> obeyed <5219> when <2564> he was called <2564> to go out <1831> to <1519> a place <5117> he would <3195> later receive <2983> as <1519> an inheritance <2817>, and <2532> he went out <1831> without <3361> understanding <1987> where <4226> he was going <2064>.
9By faith <4102> he lived as a foreigner <3939> in <1519> the promised <1860> land <1093> as though <5613> it were a foreign country <245>, living <2730> in <1722> tents <4633> with <3326> Isaac <2464> and <2532> Jacob <2384>, who were fellow heirs <4789> of the same <846> promise <1860>.
10For <1063> he was looking forward <1551> to the city <4172> with firm <2192> foundations <2310>, whose <3739> architect <5079> and <2532> builder <1217> is God <2316>.
11By faith <4102>, even though Sarah <4564> herself <846> was barren and he was too old <2244>, he received <2983> the ability <1411> to <1519> procreate <2602> <4690>, because <1893> he regarded <2233> the one who had given the promise <1861> to be trustworthy <4103>.
12So <1352> in fact children were fathered <1080> by <575> one man <1520>– and <2532> this one <5023> as good as <2531> dead <3499>– like the number <4128> of stars <798> in the sky <3772> and <2532> like <5613> the innumerable <382> grains of sand <285> on <3844> the seashore <5491> <2281>.
13These <3778> all <3956> died <599> in <2596> faith <4102> without <3361> receiving <2865> the things promised <1860>, but <235> they saw <1492> them <846> in the distance <4207> and <2532> welcomed <782> them and <2532> acknowledged <3670> that <3754> they were <1510> strangers <3581> and <2532> foreigners <3927> on <1909> the earth <1093>.
14For <1063> those who speak <3004> in such a way <5108> make <1718> it clear <1718> that <3754> they are seeking <1934> a homeland <3968>.
15In fact <3303>, if <1487> they had been thinking <3421> of <575> the land <1565> that <3739> they had left <1545>, they would have had <2192> opportunity <2540> to return <344>.
16But <1161> as it is, they aspire <3713> to a better <2909> land, that <5124> is <1510>, a heavenly one <2032>. Therefore <1352>, God <2316> is not <3756> ashamed <1870> to be called <1941> their <846> God <2316>, for he has prepared <2090> a city <4172> for <1063> them <846>.
17By faith <4102> Abraham <11>, when <3985> he was tested <3985>, offered up <4374> Isaac <2464>. He had received <324> the promises <1860>, yet <2532> he was ready to offer up <4374> his only son <3439>.
18God <4314> had told <2980> him, “Through <1722> Isaac <2464> descendants <4690> will carry on <2564> your <4671> name <2564>,”
19and <2532> he reasoned <3049> that <3754> God <2316> could <1415> even raise <1453> him from <1537> the dead <3498>, and <2532> in <1722> a sense <3850> he received <2865> him <846> back <2865> from there <3606>.
20By faith <4102> also <2532> Isaac <2464> blessed <2127> Jacob <2384> and <2532> Esau <2269> concerning <4012> the future <3195>.
21By faith <4102> Jacob <2384>, as he was dying <599>, blessed <2127> each <1538> of the sons <5207> of Joseph <2501> and <2532> worshiped <4352> as he leaned <206> on <1909> his <846> staff <4464>.
22By faith <4102> Joseph <2501>, at the end of <5053> his life <5053>, mentioned <3421> the exodus <1841> of the sons <5207> of Israel <2474> and <2532> gave instructions <1781> about <4012> his <846> burial <3747>.
23By faith <4102>, when Moses <3475> was born <1080>, his <846> parents <3962> hid <2928> him for three months <5150>, because <1360> they saw <1492> the child <3813> was beautiful <791> and <2532> they were <5399> not <3756> afraid <5399> of the king’s <935> edict <1297>.
24By faith <4102>, when he grew up <3173> <1096>, Moses <3475> refused <720> to be called <3004> the son <5207> of Pharaoh’s <5328> daughter <2364>,
25choosing <138> rather <3123> to be ill-treated <4778> with the people <2992> of God <2316> than <2228> to enjoy <619> sin’s <266> fleeting pleasure <4340> <2192>.
26He regarded <2233> abuse suffered <3680> for Christ <5547> to be greater <3173> wealth <4149> than <3173> the treasures <2344> of Egypt <125>, for <1063> his eyes were fixed <578> on <1519> the reward <3405>.
27By faith <4102> he left <2641> Egypt <125> without <3361> fearing <5399> the king’s <935> anger <2372>, for <1063> he persevered <2594> as though <5613> he could see <3708> the one who is invisible <517>.
28By faith <4102> he kept <4160> the Passover <3957> and <2532> the sprinkling <4378> of the blood <129>, so that <2443> the one who destroyed <3645> the firstborn <4416> would <2345> not <3361> touch <2345> them <846>.
29By faith <4102> they crossed <1224> the Red <2063> Sea <2281> as <5613> if on <1223> dry <3584> ground <1093>, but when the Egyptians <124> tried <3984> <2983> it, they were swallowed up <2666>.
30By faith <4102> the walls <5038> of Jericho <2410> fell <4098> after the people marched around <2944> them for <1909> seven <2033> days <2250>.
31By faith <4102> Rahab <4460> the prostitute <4204> escaped the destruction <3756> <4881> of the disobedient <544>, because she welcomed <1209> the spies <2685> in <3326> peace <1515>.
32And <2532> what <5101> more <2089> shall I say <3004>? For <1063> time <5550> will fail <1952> me <3165> if I tell <1334> of <4012> Gideon <1066>, Barak <913>, Samson <4546>, Jephthah <2422>, of David <1138> and <5037> <2532> Samuel <4545> and <2532> the prophets <4396>.
33Through <1223> faith <4102> they conquered <2610> kingdoms <932>, administered <2038> justice <1343>, gained <2013> what was promised <1860>, shut <5420> the mouths <4750> of lions <3023>,
34quenched <4570> raging <1411> fire <4442>, escaped <5343> the edge <4750> of <3162> the sword <3162>, gained strength <1412> in <575> weakness <769>, became <1096> mighty <2478> in <1722> battle <4171>, put <2827> foreign <245> armies <3925> to flight <2827>,
35and women <1135> received back <2983> their <846> dead <3498> raised to life <386>. But <1161> others <243> were tortured <5178>, not <3756> accepting <4327> release <629>, to obtain <5177> resurrection <386> to <2443> a better life <2909>.
36And <1161> others <2087> experienced <3984> <2983> mocking <1701> and <2532> flogging <3148>, and <1161> even <2089> chains <1199> and <2532> imprisonment <5438>.
37They were stoned <3034>, sawed apart <4249>, murdered <599> with <1722> the sword <3162>; they went about <4022> in <1722> sheepskins <3374> and goatskins <122> <1192>; they were destitute <5302>, afflicted <2346>, ill-treated <2558>
38(the world <2889> was <1510> not <3756> worthy <514> of them <3739>); they wandered <4105> in <1909> deserts <2047> and <2532> mountains <3735> and <2532> caves <4693> and <2532> openings <3692> in the earth <1093>.
39And <2532> these <3778> all <3956> were commended <3140> for <1223> their faith <4102>, yet they did <2865> not <3756> receive <2865> what was promised <1860>.
40For God <2316> had provided <4265> something <5100> better <2909> for <4012> us <2257>, so that <2443> they would be made perfect <5048> together with <3361> <5565> us <2257>.