Hebrews 6:12

6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, ¹  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds ²  were set in order at God’s command, ³  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ⁴ 

Hebrews 11:17

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ⁵  yet he was ready to offer up ⁶  his only son.

Hebrews 11:22

11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, ⁷  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel ⁸  and gave instructions about his burial. ⁹ 

Hebrews 11:27

11:27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:29

11:29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

Hebrews 11:31

11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of ¹⁰  the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

Hebrews 11:33

11:33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, ¹¹  gained what was promised, ¹²  shut the mouths of lions,

¹ tn Or “dull.”

² tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

³ tn Grk “by God’s word.”

⁴ sn 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.”

³ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

⁴ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

⁴ tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

⁵ sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

⁶ tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

⁵ tn Grk “did not perish together with.”

⁶ tn This probably refers to the righteous rule of David and others. But it could be more general and mean “did what was righteous.”

⁷ tn Grk “obtained promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.