1 Now faith is [the] assurance of [things] hoped for, [the] conviction of things not being seen. VP
2 For in this the ancients were well testified to. VP
3 By faith we understand the ages to have been completed thoroughly by [the] word of God, in order for that being seen not to have come into being out of the things being visible. VP
4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts; and through it, having died, he still speaks. VP
5 By faith Enoch was translated not to see death, “and he was not found, because God translated him.” For before the translation, he had been testified to have pleased God. VP
6 And without faith [it is] impossible to please [Him], for it is necessary for the one coming to God to believe that He is and [that] He becomes a rewarder to those seeking Him out. VP
7 By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet being seen, having been moved with fear, prepared an ark for [the] salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness according to faith. VP
8 By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing where he is going. VP
9 By faith he sojourned in [the] land of the promise as [in] a foreign [country], having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise. VP
10 For he was awaiting the city having foundations, of which [the] architect and builder [is] God. VP
11 By faith also Sarah, herself barren, received power for [the] conception of seed even beyond the opportune age, since she esteemed faithful the [One] having promised. VP
12 Therefore also were born from one [man], and these of one having become as dead, as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand by the shore of the sea, countless. VP
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having welcomed [them], and having confessed that they are strangers and sojourners on the earth. VP
14 For those saying such things make manifest that they are seeking out a homeland. VP
15 And indeed if they had been remembering that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return. VP
16 But now they stretch forward to a better [one], that is, a heavenly [one]. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared a city for them. VP
17 By faith Abraham has offered up Isaac, being tested. Even the [one] having received the promises was offering up [his] only begotten, VP
18 as to whom it was said, “In Isaac a seed will be called to you,” VP
19 having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] out from [the] dead, from where he received him back also in a simile. VP
20 By faith also, concerning [the] [things] about to be, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. VP
21 By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped on the top of his staff. VP
22 By faith Joseph, finishing [life], made mention concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave commands concerning his bones. VP
23 By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw the child [was] lovely, and they did not fear the edict of the king. VP
24 By faith Moses, having become grown, refused to be called [the] son of [the] daughter of Pharaoh, VP
25 having chosen to suffer mistreatment with the people of God rather than to have [the] temporary enjoyment of sin, VP
26 having esteemed the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward. VP
27 By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the anger of the king; for as seeing the Invisible [One], he persevered. VP
28 By faith he has kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the [one] destroying the firstborn should not touch them. VP
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians, having made an attempt, were swallowed up. VP
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. VP
31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those having disobeyed, having welcomed the spies with peace. VP
32 And what more shall I say? For the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, also David and Samuel and the prophets, VP
33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, worked justice, obtained promises, shut [the] mouths of lions, VP
34 quenched [the] power of fire, escaped [the] mouths of [the] sword, were made powerful out of weakness, became strong in war, [and] put to flight foreign armies. VP
35 Women received their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection. VP
36 And others received [the] trial of mockings and of scourgings, and even of chains and of imprisonment. VP
37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they died by slaughter of [the] sword; they wandered in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, being oppressed, being mistreated— VP
38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes of the earth. VP
39 And these all, having been testified to through faith, did not receive the promise, VP
40 God having provided something better for us, so that not apart from us, they should be perfected. VP