Hebrews 11:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
  • 2 Cor 4:18 : 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.
  • Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Heb 6:18-19 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
  • 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.
  • Ps 27:13 : 13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 ¶ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
  • 2 Cor 9:4 : 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

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  • Heb 11:2-11
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    2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.

    3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

    4 ¶ By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

    5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

    7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

    8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God.

    11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

  • 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

  • 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

  • 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.

  • 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

  • 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

    25 But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].

  • 23 Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)

  • 1 Pet 1:7-9
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    7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

    8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

    9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of [your] souls.

  • 17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  • 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

  • 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

  • 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

  • 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

  • 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

  • Heb 6:18-19
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    18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

    19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

    12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.

  • 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

  • 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],

  • 3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

  • Rom 4:17-18
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    17 ¶ (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

    18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

  • 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

  • 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

  • 13 ¶ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

  • 6 ¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

  • 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

  • 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

  • 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

  • 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

  • 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

  • 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

  • 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, ‹Have faith in God.›

  • 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?