11 He has made everything appropriate[a] in its time.(A) He has also put eternity in their hearts,[b] but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.(B)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or beautiful
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or has put a sense of past and future into their minds, or has placed ignorance in their hearts

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(A) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(B) what God has done from beginning to end.(C)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that

11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

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Heroes of Faith

11 Now faith is the reality[a] of what is hoped for, the proof[b] of what is not seen.(A)

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  1. Hebrews 11:1 Or assurance
  2. Hebrews 11:1 Or conviction

Faith in Action

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B)

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Great Examples of Faith

11 Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.

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16 But they now desire a better place—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.(A)

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16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(A) Therefore God is not ashamed(B) to be called their God,(C) for he has prepared a city(D) for them.

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16 But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

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