Hebrews 11:1

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.

Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds ¹  were set in order at God’s command, ²  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ³ 

Hebrews 11:7

11:7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard ⁴  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.

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ⁵  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ⁶  on the earth.

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.

[11:3]  ¹ 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.

[11:3]  ² tn Grk “by God’s word.”

[11:3]  ³ 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.”

[11:7]  ⁴ tn Cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὐλαβέομαι 2, “out of reverent regard (for God’s command).”

[11:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

[11:13]  ⁶ tn Or “sojourners.”