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1 Now faith is the sub­stance of things hoped for, the ev­i­dence of things not seen. 2 For by it the el­ders ob­tained a good re­port. 3 Through faith we un­der­stand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do ap­pear. 4 By faith Abel of­fered unto God a more ex­cel­lent sac­ri­fice than Cain, by which he ob­tained wit­ness that he was righ­teous, God tes­ti­fy­ing of his gifts: and by it he be­ing dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was trans­lat­ed that he should not see death; and was not found, be­cause God had trans­lat­ed him: for be­fore his trans­la­tion he had this tes­ti­mo­ny, that he pleased God. 6 But with­out faith it is im­pos­si­ble to please him: for he that cometh to God must be­lieve that he is, and that he is a re­warder of them that dili­gent­ly seek him. 7 By faith Noah, be­ing warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, pre­pared an ark to the sav­ing of his house; by the which he con­demned the world, and be­came heir of the righ­teous­ness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abra­ham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should af­ter re­ceive for an in­her­i­tance, obeyed; and he went out, not know­ing whith­er he went. 9 By faith he so­journed in the land of promise, as in a strange coun­try, dwelling in taber­na­cles with Isaac and Ja­cob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foun­da­tions, whose builder and mak­er is God. 11 Through faith also Sara her­self re­ceived strength to con­ceive seed, and was de­liv­ered of a child when she was past age, be­cause she judged him faith­ful who had promised. 12 There­fore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, ­so many as the stars of the sky in mul­ti­tude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore in­nu­mer­able. 13 These all died in faith, not hav­ing re­ceived the promis­es, but hav­ing seen them afar off, and were per­suad­ed of them, and em­braced them, and con­fessed that they were strangers and pil­grims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things de­clare plain­ly that they seek a coun­try. 15 And tru­ly, if they had been mind­ful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had op­por­tu­ni­ty to have re­turned. 16 But now they de­sire a bet­ter country, that is, an heav­en­ly: where­fore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath pre­pared for them a city. 17 By faith Abra­ham, when he was tried, of­fered up Isaac: and he that had re­ceived the promis­es of­fered up his only be­got­ten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Ac­count­ing that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he re­ceived him in a fig­ure. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Ja­cob and Esau con­cern­ing things to come. 21 By faith Ja­cob, when he was a dy­ing, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and wor­shipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made men­tion of the de­part­ing of the chil­dren of Is­rael; and gave com­mand­ment con­cern­ing his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his par­ents, be­cause they saw he was a prop­er child; and they were not afraid of the king's com­mand­ment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, re­fused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daugh­ter; 25 Choos­ing rather to suf­fer af­flic­tion with the peo­ple of God, than to en­joy the plea­sures of sin for a sea­son; 26 Es­teem­ing the re­proach of Christ greater rich­es than the trea­sures in Egypt: for he had re­spect unto the rec­om­pence of the re­ward. 27 By faith he for­sook Egypt, not fear­ing the wrath of the king: for he en­dured, as see­ing him who is in­vis­i­ble. 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprin­kling of blood, lest he that de­stroyed the first­born should touch them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyp­tians as­say­ing to do were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jeri­cho fell down, af­ter they were com­passed about sev­en days. 31 By faith the har­lot Ra­hab per­ished not with them that be­lieved not, when she had re­ceived the spies with peace. 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Sam­son, and of Jeph­thae; of David al­so, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith sub­dued king­doms, wrought righ­teous­ness, ob­tained promis­es, stopped the mouths of li­ons, 34 Quenched the vi­o­lence of fire, es­caped the edge of the sword, out of weak­ness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Wom­en re­ceived their dead raised to life again: and oth­ers were tor­tured, not ac­cept­ing de­liv­er­ance; that they might ob­tain a bet­ter res­ur­rec­tion: 36 And oth­ers had tri­al of cruel mock­ings and scourg­ings, yea, more­over of bonds and im­pris­on­ment: 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asun­der, were tempt­ed, were slain with the sword: they wan­dered about in sheep­skins and goatskins; be­ing des­ti­tute, af­flict­ed, tor­ment­ed; 38 (Of whom the world was not wor­thy: ) they wan­dered in deserts, and in moun­tains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, hav­ing ob­tained a good re­port through faith, re­ceived not the promise: 40 God hav­ing pro­vid­ed some bet­ter thing for us, that they with­out us should not be made per­fect.