Hebrews 11:2

World English Bible (2000)

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

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  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

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  • Heb 11:38-40
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    38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

    39These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

    40God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

  • Heb 11:1
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    1Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

  • Heb 11:3-11
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    3By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

    4By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

    5By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

    6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

    7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

    8By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

    9By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

    10For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

  • Heb 11:30-34
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    30By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

    31By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

    32What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

    33who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

    34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

  • Jas 2:22
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    22You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

  • Heb 2:2
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    2For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;

  • Heb 11:26-28
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    26accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

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

    28By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

  • Heb 11:19-20
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    19concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

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

  • Heb 11:16-17
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    16But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

    17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

  • Rom 10:17
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    17So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

  • Rom 4:22
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    22Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."

  • Heb 4:2
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    2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn't profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith by those who heard.

  • 1 Pet 1:21
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    21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 6:12
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    12that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

  • Rom 4:20
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    20Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

  • Rom 4:3
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    3For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."

  • Heb 1:1
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    1God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

  • Jas 2:24
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    24You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

  • Rom 2:7
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    7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

  • Rom 5:2
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    2through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  • Heb 10:23
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    23let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

  • Rom 11:30
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    30For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

  • Gal 3:11
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    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."

  • Heb 6:17
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    17In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

  • Titus 2:2
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    2that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.