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          DASV: Hebrews 11    

1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, the conviction
of things not seen.
2 For by it people of old gained approval.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were formed by the
word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things
that are visible.
4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain.
Through this he was commended as being righteous, God gave his
approval by accepting his gifts, and through his faith, although
he is dead, he still speaks.
5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death;
and he was not found, because God took him. Now before he was
taken up he was commended as being pleasing to God.
6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him; for one who
comes to God must believe that he is, and that he rewards those
who seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, with
reverent obedience, built an ark to the save his family; by
which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
that comes by faith.
8 By faith Abraham obeyed, when he was called to go to a place
he was to receive as an inheritance. He went not knowing where
he was going.
9 By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in
a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who
were heirs with him of that same promise.
10 For he was looking forward to a city with foundations, whose
architect and builder is God.
11 By faith Sarah received power to conceive a child even though
she was too old, because she regarded him faithful who made
the promise.
12 So there sprang from one person, when he was good as dead,
descendants as many as the stars of heaven, and as innumerable
as the grains of sand by the seashore.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
but saw and welcomed them from a distance, and acknowledged
that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
14 For people who talk like this make it clear that they
are seeking for a homeland.
15 If in fact they had been thinking of the country they
left, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 But as it was they desired a better country, that
is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to
be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac.
He who had received only the promises was ready to offer
up his one and only son,
18 even though God had told him, "Through Isaac your
descendants will carry on your name."
19 He figured that God was even able to raise him from the
dead; from there as a symbolic sign, he did receive him back.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the
sons of Joseph and worshipped, while leaning on his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his life was at an end, made mention
of the exodus of the children of Israel and gave directions
concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid for three months
by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child
and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
25 choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of
God, than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
26 He considered suffering for Christ greater riches than the
treasures of Egypt, because he was looking forward to the reward.
27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's rage, for he
persisted as though he could see him who is invisible.
28 By faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood,
so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as if on dry ground,
which when the Egyptians attempted it, they were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had
been circled for seven days.
31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who
were disobedient, because she welcomed the spies with peace.
32 And what more need I say? For time would fail me to tell
of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel
and the prophets.
33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, rendered justice,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 put out raging fires, escaped the edge of the sword, were
made strong in weakness, became strong in battle and put to
flight foreign armies.
35 Women received their dead back by resurrection. Others were
tortured, refusing to accept the terms of release so that
they might obtain a better resurrection.
36 Others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and
imprisonment.
37 They were stoned, sawed in two, and killed by the sword.
They went around in sheepskins and goatskins; they were
destitute, persecuted, and abused.
38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts
and mountains and hid in caves and the holes in the ground.
39 All these were commended for their faith, yet did not
receive what was promised.
40 God had provided something better for us, so that they
would not be made perfect without us.

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