Hebrews 11:39
And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
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- Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
- Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.
- 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
- Luke 10:23-24 : 23 Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately,“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
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- Heb 11:13-142 verses84%
13These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
14For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
- Heb 11:1-1111 verses80%
1People Commended for Their Faith Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
2For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.
3By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.
4By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.
5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.
6Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
7By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
9By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
10For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.
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40For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.
- Heb 11:37-382 verses77%
37They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
38(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
- Heb 11:30-356 verses74%
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.
31By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.
32And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.
33Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,
34quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
35and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.
- Heb 3:18-192 verses74%
18And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?
19So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.
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15And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.
- Heb 10:35-362 verses73%
35So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.
- Heb 4:1-22 verses73%
1God’s Promised Rest Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
2For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.
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6Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.
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12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
- Heb 11:16-172 verses72%
16But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.
- Rom 4:20-212 verses71%
20He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.
21He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.
- Heb 11:25-284 verses71%
25choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.
26He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.
27By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.
28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
- Rom 11:30-312 verses70%
30Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
31so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.
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23And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
- Rom 9:30-312 verses70%
30Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
31but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.
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19and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.
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13For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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11Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
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5But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.
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11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
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11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,