1Now faith is the assurance of what we…
2This is why the ancients were commended.
3By faith we understand that the universe was…
4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice…
5By faith Enoch was taken up so that…
6And without faith it is impossible to please…
7By faith Noah, when warned about things not…
8By faith Abraham, when called to go to…
9By faith he dwelt in the promised land…
10For he was looking forward to the city…
11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren…
12And so from one man, and he as…
13All these people died in faith, without having…
14Now those who say such things show that…
15If they had been thinking of the country…
16Instead, they were longing for a better country,…
17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered…
18even though God had said to him, “Through…
19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead,…
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning…
21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed…
22By faith Joseph, when his end was near,…
23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three…
24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused…
25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people…
26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures…
27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the…
28By faith he kept the Passover and the…
29By faith the people passed through the Red…
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after…
31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed…
32And what more shall I say? Time will…
33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and…
34quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge…
35Women received back their dead, raised to life…
36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even…
37They were stoned, they were sawed in two,…
38The world was not worthy of them. They…
39These were all commended for their faith, yet…
40God had planned something better for us, so…
