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Text -- Hebrews 11:1-23 (NET)
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People Commended for Their Faith
11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for , being convinced of what we do not see .
11:2 For by it the people of old received God’s commendation .
11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command , so that the visible has its origin in the invisible .
11:4 By 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 .
11:5 By 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 .
11:6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards rewards those who seek him .
11:7 By 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 .
11:8 By 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 .
11:9 By 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 .
11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations , whose architect and builder is God .
11:11 By 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 .
11:12 So in fact children were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore .
11:13 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 .
11:14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland .
11:15 In fact , if they had been thinking of the land that they had left , they would have had opportunity to return .
11:16 But 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 .
11:17 By faith Abraham , when he was tested , offered up Isaac . He had received the promises , yet he was ready to offer up his only son .
11:18 God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name ,”
11:19 and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead , and in a sense he received him back from there .
11:20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future .
11:21 By faith Jacob , as he was dying , blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff .
11:22 By faith Joseph , at the end of his life , mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial .
11:23 By faith , when Moses was born , his parents hid him for three months , because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Justification |
Faith |
FINISHER |
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
Quotations and Allusions |
Abraham |
Obedience |
Immortality |
Decision |
Isaac |
God |
JACOB (1) |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Heaven |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
Cain |
Atonement |
Death |
Sarah |
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NET Notes -> Heb 11:2; Heb 11:2; Heb 11:3; Heb 11:3; Heb 11:3; Heb 11:4; Heb 11:4; Heb 11:7; Heb 11:9; Heb 11:9; Heb 11:10; Heb 11:11; Heb 11:11; Heb 11:12; Heb 11:12; Heb 11:12; Heb 11:13; Heb 11:13; Heb 11:16; Heb 11:17; Heb 11:17; Heb 11:18; Heb 11:18; Heb 11:19; Heb 11:19; Heb 11:21; Heb 11:22; Heb 11:22; Heb 11:22; Heb 11:22; Heb 11:23
NET Notes: Heb 11:2 Grk “were attested,” “received commendation”; and Heb 11:4-6 shows this to be from God.
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NET Notes: Heb 11:3 The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible....
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NET Notes: Heb 11:11 Grk “power to deposit seed.” Though it is not as likely, some construe this phrase to mean “power to conceive seed,” making th...
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NET Notes: Heb 11:17 Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of th...
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