希伯来书 10
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
永远的赎罪祭
10 律法只是将来美事的一个投影,并非本体的真像,所以年复一年的献祭不能使前来敬拜的人纯全。 2 否则,献祭的事早已终止了,因为敬拜的人若献一次祭就能彻底得到洁净,他们就不再觉得有罪了。 3 然而,每年献祭的事都使人想起自己的罪来, 4 因为公牛和山羊的血根本不能除去人的罪。
5 所以,基督来到世上的时候曾说:
“上帝啊,祭物和供物非你所悦,
你为我预备了身体。
6 你并非喜爱燔祭和赎罪祭。
7 于是我说,
‘上帝啊,我来是要遵行你的旨意,
我的事都记在圣经上了。’”
8 基督首先说:“祭物、供物、燔祭和赎罪祭都不是你想要的,也不是你喜悦的。”这些都是依照律法献上的。 9 然后祂又说:“我来是要遵行你的旨意。”这样,祂废除了前者,为要设立后者。 10 上帝的旨意是:耶稣基督只一次献上自己的身体,便使我们永远圣洁了。
11 祭司都要天天站着供职,一次次地献上同样的祭物,只是这些祭物根本不能除罪。 12 而基督一次献上自己成为永远的赎罪祭后,就坐在上帝的右边, 13 等待祂的仇敌成为祂的脚凳。 14 祂凭自己的一次牺牲,使那些得以圣洁的人永远纯全。
15 圣灵也向我们做见证,说:
16 “主说,那些日子以后,
我将与他们立这样的约,
我要把我的律例放在他们心中,
写在他们脑中。
17 我要忘记他们的过犯和罪恶。”
18 既然过犯和罪恶已经得到赦免,就不需要再为罪献祭了。
坚忍到底
19-20 弟兄姊妹,耶稣已用宝血为我们开辟了一条又新又活的路,使我们可以穿过幔子,就是祂的身体,坦然进入至圣所。 21 并且,我们有一位大祭司管理上帝的家, 22 祂洁净了我们被罪困扰的良心,用清水洗净了我们的身体。因此,我们要信心十足、真诚地到上帝面前。 23 我们要坚定不移地持守我们所认定的盼望,因为赐应许的那位是信实的。 24 我们要想办法彼此相顾,激发爱心,勉励行善。 25 不要停止聚会,像那些停止惯了的人,要互相鼓励,特别是你们知道主再来的日子近了。
26 因为我们知道了真理以后,若仍然故意犯罪,就再没有赎罪祭了, 27 只有可怕的审判和烧灭敌对者的烈火等候我们。 28 人违犯摩西的律法,经两三个人指证后,尚且被毫不留情地处死, 29 更何况人践踏上帝的儿子,轻看那使人圣洁的立约之血,又藐视赐人恩典的圣灵?这等人该受多么重的刑罚啊! 30 我们知道上帝说过:“申冤在我,我必报应。”祂又说:“主要审判祂的百姓。” 31 落在永活上帝的手中是可怕的!
32 你们要回想当初的日子,那时你们蒙了光照以后,忍受了各种苦难的煎熬。 33 有时候,你们在众目睽睽之下被辱骂,受迫害;有时候,你们和遭受这样苦难的人同舟共济。 34 你们体恤那些坐牢的人,即使你们的家业被抢夺,仍然甘心忍受,因为你们知道自己有更美的、永远长存的家业。 35 所以切勿失去勇敢的心,因为勇敢的心会给你们带来大赏赐。 36 你们需要坚忍到底,这样你们遵行了上帝的旨意后,便可以得到祂的应许。
37 因为“将要来临的那位很快要来了,绝不迟延。 38 属我的义人必靠信心而活。他若畏缩退后,我必不喜悦他。” 39 但我们都不是退后走向灭亡的人,而是因为有信心而灵魂得救的人。
希伯来书 10
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
10 律法既然是以后要来的美好事物的影子,不是本体的真象,就不能凭着每年献同样的祭品,使那些进前来的人得到完全。 2 如果敬拜的人一次得洁净,良心就不再觉得有罪,那么,献祭的事不是早就停止了吗? 3 可是那些祭品,却使人每年都想起罪来, 4 因为公牛和山羊的血不能把罪除去。
5 所以,基督到世上来的时候,就说:
“祭品和礼物不是你所要的,
你却为我预备了身体。
6 燔祭和赎罪祭,
不是你所喜悦的;
7 那时我说:
‘看哪!我来了,
经卷上已经记载我的事,
神啊!我来是要遵行你的旨意。’”
8 前面说:“祭品和礼物,燔祭和赎罪祭,不是你所要的,也不是你所喜悦的。”这些都是按照律法献的; 9 接着又说:“看哪!我来了,是要遵行你的旨意。”可见他废除那先前的,为要建立那后来的。 10 我们凭着这旨意,借着耶稣基督一次献上他的身体,就已经成圣。
11 所有的祭司都是天天站着事奉,多次献上同样的祭品,那些祭品永远不能把罪除去。 12 唯有基督献上了一次永远有效的赎罪祭,就在 神的右边坐下来。 13 此后,只是等待 神把他的仇敌放在他的脚下,作他的脚凳。 14 因为他献上了一次的祭,就使那些成圣的人永远得到完全。
15 圣灵也向我们作见证,因为后来他说过:
16 “主说:‘在那些日子以后,
我要与他们所立的约是这样:
我要把我的律法放在他们的心思里面,
写在他们的心上。’”
17 又说:“我决不再记着他们的罪恶,
和不法的行为。”
18 这一切既然都赦免了,就不必再为罪献祭了。
劝勉和警告
19 所以,弟兄们!我们凭着耶稣的血,可以坦然无惧地进入至圣所。 20 这进入的路,是他给我们开辟的,是一条通过幔子、又新又活的路,这幔子就是他的身体。 21 我们既然有一位伟大的祭司治理 神的家, 22 我们良心的邪恶既然被洒净,身体也用清水洗净了,那么,我们就应该怀着真诚的心和完备的信,进到 神面前; 23 又应该坚持我们所宣认的盼望,毫不动摇,因为那应许我们的是信实的。 24 我们又应该彼此关心,激发爱心,勉励行善。 25 我们不可放弃聚会,好象有些人的习惯一样;却要互相劝勉。你们既然知道那日子临近,就更应该这样。
26 如果我们领受了真理的知识以后,还是故意犯罪,就再没有留下赎罪的祭品了; 27 只好恐惧地等待着审判,和那快要吞灭众仇敌的烈火。 28 如果有人干犯了摩西的律法,凭着两三个证人,他尚且得不到怜悯而死; 29 何况是践踏 神的儿子,把那使他成圣的立约的血当作俗物,又侮辱施恩的圣灵的人,你们想想,他不是应该受更严厉的刑罚吗? 30 因为我们知道谁说过:
“伸冤在我,我必报应。”
又说:
“主必定审判他自己的子民。”
31 落在永活的 神手里,真是可怕的。
要忍耐行完 神的旨意
32 你们要回想从前的日子,那时,你们蒙了光照,忍受了许多痛苦的煎熬; 33 有时在众人面前被辱骂,遭患难;有时却成了遭遇同样情形的人的同伴。 34 你们同情那些遭监禁的人;你们的家业被抢夺的时候,又以喜乐的心接受,因为知道自己有更美长存的家业。 35 所以,你们不可丢弃坦然无惧的心,这样的心是带有大赏赐的。 36 你们还需要忍耐,好使你们行完了 神的旨意,可以领受所应许的。 37 因为:
“还有一点点的时候,
那要来的就来,
并不迟延。
38 我的义人必因信得生,
如果他后退,
我的心就不喜悦他。”
39 但我们不是那些后退以致灭亡的人,而是有信心以致保全生命的人。
Hebrews 10
New International Version
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E) 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(F) 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(G) 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(H) to take away sins.(I)
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(J) he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;(K)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(L)—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](M)
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(N)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(O) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(P) through the sacrifice of the body(Q) of Jesus Christ once for all.(R)
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(S) which can never take away sins.(T) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(U) he sat down at the right hand of God,(V) 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.(W) 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect(X) forever those who are being made holy.(Y)
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies(Z) to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”[b](AA)
17 Then he adds:
18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence(AC) to enter the Most Holy Place(AD) by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way(AE) opened for us through the curtain,(AF) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(AG) over the house of God,(AH) 22 let us draw near to God(AI) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(AJ) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(AK) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(AL) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(AM) we profess,(AN) for he who promised is faithful.(AO) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(AP) 25 not giving up meeting together,(AQ) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(AR)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(AS)
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(AT) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(AU) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(AV) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(AW) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(AX) underfoot,(AY) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(AZ) that sanctified them,(BA) and who has insulted the Spirit(BB) of grace?(BC) 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d](BD) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e](BE) 31 It is a dreadful thing(BF) to fall into the hands(BG) of the living God.(BH)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(BI) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(BJ) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(BK) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(BL) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(BM) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(BN) 35 So do not throw away your confidence;(BO) it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere(BP) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(BQ) 37 For,
38 And,
“But my righteous[g] one will live by faith.(BT)
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[h](BU)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
- Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33
- Hebrews 10:17 Jer. 31:34
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14
- Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
- Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
- Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
希伯来书 11
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
论信心
11 信心是对盼望的事有把握,对还没看见的事很确定。 2 古人因有这样的信心而得到了赞许。 3 我们凭信心知道宇宙是借着上帝的话造成的,所以看得见的是从看不见的造出来的。
4 亚伯凭信心向上帝献祭,比该隐所献的更美,蒙了上帝的悦纳,被称为义人。他虽然死了,却仍然借着信心说话。
5 以诺因为信而被接到天上,没有经历死亡。世人找不到他,因为上帝已经把他接走了。其实他在被接之前,已经得到了肯定,是一个蒙上帝喜悦的人。 6 没有信心的人不能得到上帝的喜悦,因为来到上帝面前的人必须相信上帝存在,并相信祂会赏赐一切寻求祂的人。
7 挪亚因为有信心,在上帝指示他未来要发生的事之后,就怀着敬畏的心建造方舟,来救全家的人。他借着信心定了那个世代的罪,并承受了因信而来的义。
8 亚伯拉罕因为有信心,听到上帝的呼召后,就遵命前往他将要承受为产业的地方,但他出发的时候还不知道自己要去哪里。 9 他凭信心像异乡人一样寄居在上帝应许给他的地方。他住在帐篷里,与同受一个应许的以撒和雅各一样。 10 因为他盼望的是一座有根基的城,是由上帝设计、建造的。
11 撒拉过了生育年龄后凭信心仍然得到了孕育后代的能力,因为她认定赐她应许的上帝言出必行。 12 所以,从一个垂暮之年的人生出许多子孙,好像天上的星、海边的沙那么多。
13 这些人到死都满怀信心。他们虽然没有得到上帝所应许的,却从远处望见了,就欢喜快乐,承认自己在世上不过是寄居的异乡人。 14 他们抱这样的态度,表明他们正在寻找一个家乡。 15 如果他们想念的是自己离开的家乡,就找机会回去了。 16 然而,他们渴慕的是天上更美的家乡。所以,上帝不以被他们称为上帝为耻,因为祂已经为他们预备了一座城。
17 亚伯拉罕被试验时凭信心把以撒献为祭物,承受应许的亚伯拉罕当时献上了自己的独生子。 18 论到这儿子,上帝曾说:“以撒生的才可算为你的后裔。” 19 他认定上帝能使死人复活,从象征意义上说,他也确实从死亡中得回了以撒。
20 以撒凭信心指着将来的事为雅各和以扫祝福。
21 雅各凭信心在临终之时分别为约瑟的两个儿子祝福,并拄着拐杖敬拜上帝。
22 约瑟临终之时凭信心提到以色列人将来要离开埃及,并交代要如何处理自己的骸骨。
23 摩西生下来时,他父母见他长得俊美,就凭信心把他藏了三个月,不怕违抗王的命令。
24 摩西长大成人后,凭信心拒绝做法老之女的儿子, 25 宁愿与上帝的子民一同受苦,也不肯享受一时的罪中之乐。 26 在他眼中,为基督所受的凌辱远比埃及的财富更有价值,因为他盼望的是将来的赏赐。 27 他凭信心离开埃及,不怕王的愤怒。他坚忍不拔,好像看见了肉眼不能看见的主。 28 他凭信心守逾越节,行洒血的礼,免得那位杀长子的伤害以色列人。
29 以色列人凭信心渡过红海,如履干地,埃及人试图过去,却被海水淹没。 30 以色列人凭信心绕着耶利哥城走了七天,城墙就倒塌了。
31 妓女喇合凭信心善待以色列的探子,没有与那些不顺服的人一同灭亡。
32 我还要再说下去吗?我没有时间一一细说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事了。 33 他们凭信心战胜了敌国,行了公义,得到了应许,堵住了狮子的口, 34 熄灭了猛烈的火焰,刀下逃生,由软弱变为刚强,作战勇猛,击退外敌。
35 有些妇女得回了从死里复活的亲人;有些人受尽严刑拷打,仍不肯苟且偷生,为要得到一个复活后更美好的生命。 36 有些人遭受戏弄和鞭打,还有些人遭受捆锁和囚禁。 37 他们被人用石头打死,受威逼利诱[a],被锯成两截,丧生刀剑之下,披着绵羊和山羊的皮四处奔跑,受尽贫乏、迫害和虐待, 38 在旷野、群山、山洞和地穴中漂流不定。他们是世界不配有的!
39 这些人都因信心而获得赞许,但他们并未得到上帝的应许, 40 因为上帝为我们预备了更美的,要叫他们与我们一同得到才算完美。
Footnotes
- 11:37 有圣经抄本在此处无“受威逼利诱”。
希伯来书 11
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
论信心
11 信就是对所盼望的事的把握,是还没有看见的事的明证。 2 因着这信心,古人得到了称许。
3 因着信,我们就明白宇宙(“宇宙”或译:“诸世界”或“众世代”)是因着 神的话造成的。这样,那看得见的就是从那看不见的造出来的。
信心的伟人
4 因着信,亚伯比该隐献上更美的祭品给 神;借着这信心,他被 神称许为义人,这是 神指着他的礼物所作的见证;他虽然死了,却借着信仍然说话。 5 因着信,以诺被迁去了,使他不至于死,人也找不着他,因为 神把他迁去了。原来在迁去以前,他已经得了 神喜悦他的明证。 6 没有信,就不能得到 神的喜悦;因为来到 神面前的人,必须信 神存在,并且信他会赏赐那些寻求他的人。 7 因着信,挪亚在还没有看见的事上,得了 神的警告,就动了敬畏的心,做了一艘方舟,使他全家得救。借着这信心,他就定了那世代的罪,自己也承受了那因信而来的义。
8 因着信,亚伯拉罕在蒙召的时候,就听命往他将要承受为业的地方去;他出去的时候,还不知道要往哪里去。 9 因着信,他在应许之地寄居,好象是在异乡,与承受同样应许的以撒、雅各一样住在帐棚里。 10 因为他等待那座有根基的城,就是 神所设计所建造的。 11 因着信,甚至撒拉,她虽然过了生育的年龄,还是能够怀孕,因为她认为那应许她的是信实的。 12 所以从一个好象已死的人,竟然生出许多子孙来,仿佛天上的星那么众多,海边的沙那么无数。
13 这些人都是存着信心死了的,还没有得着所应许的,只不过是从远处看见,就表示欢迎,又承认他们在世上是异乡人,是客旅。 14 因为说这样话的人,是表明他们在寻求一个家乡。 15 如果他们怀念已经离开了的地方,还有可以回去的机会。 16 但是现在他们所向往的,是一个更美的、在天上的家乡。所以, 神不以他们称他为 神而觉得羞耻;因为他已经为他们预备了一座城。
17 因着信,亚伯拉罕在受试验的时候,就把以撒献上;这就是那欢喜领受应许的人,献上了自己的独生子; 18 论到这个儿子,曾经有话说:“以撒生的,才可以称为你的后裔。” 19 亚伯拉罕认定, 神能使人从死人中复活,因此,就喻意说,他的确从死里得回他的儿子。 20 因着信,以撒给雅各和以扫祝福,论到将来的事。 21 因着信,雅各临死的时候,分别为约瑟的儿子祝福,又倚着杖头敬拜 神。 22 因着信,约瑟临终的时候,提到以色列子民出埃及的事,并且为自己的骸骨留下遗言。
23 因着信,摩西的父母在摩西生下来以后,因为看见孩子俊美,就把他藏了三个月,不怕王的命令。 24 因着信,摩西长大了以后,就拒绝被称为法老女儿的儿子。 25 他宁愿选择和 神的子民一同受苦,也不肯享受罪恶中暂时的快乐。 26 在他看来,为着基督受的凌辱,比埃及的财物更宝贵,因为他注视将来的赏赐。 27 因着信,他离开了埃及,不怕王的忿怒;因为他坚定不移,就像看见了人不能看见的 神。 28 因着信,他立了逾越节和洒血的礼,免得那灭命的侵犯以色列人的长子。 29 因着信,他们走过了红海,好象走过旱地一样;埃及人也试着要过去,就被淹没了。 30 因着信,耶利哥的城墙被围绕了七天,就倒塌了。 31 因着信,妓女喇合和和平平接待了侦察的人,就没有和那些不顺从的人一起灭亡。
32 我还要再说甚么呢?如果再要述说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事,时间就不够了。 33 他们借着信,就战胜了敌国,伸张了正义,得到了应许,堵住了狮子的口, 34 消灭了烈火的威力,逃脱了刀剑的锋刃,软弱变成刚强,在战争中显出大能,把外国的军队击退。 35 有些妇女得回从死里复活的亲人;但也有些人忍受了酷刑,不肯接受释放,为的是要得着更美的复活。 36 又有些人遭受了戏弄、鞭打,甚至捆锁、监禁; 37 被石头打死,被锯锯死,(后期抄本在此加上“受试探”)被刀杀死。他们披着绵羊山羊的皮到处奔跑、受穷乏、遭患难、被虐待; 38 原是这世界不配有的人。他们飘流无定,在旷野、山岭、石洞和地穴栖身。
39 所有这些人都借着信得了称许,却还没有得着所应许的; 40 因为 神已经为我们预备了更美的事,使他们若不跟我们在一起,就不能完全。
Hebrews 11
New International Version
Faith in Action
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B) 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.(C)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(D) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(E) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(F) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(G)
5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](H) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(I) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(J) in holy fear built an ark(K) to save his family.(L) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(M)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(N) obeyed and went,(O) even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land(P) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(Q) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(R) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(S) with foundations,(T) whose architect and builder is God.(U) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(V) was enabled to bear children(W) because she[b] considered him faithful(X) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(Y) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(Z)
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(AA) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(AB) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(AC) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(AD) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(AE) Therefore God is not ashamed(AF) to be called their God,(AG) for he has prepared a city(AH) for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(AI) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c](AJ) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(AK) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(AL)
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(AM) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(AN)
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(AO) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(AP)
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(AQ) 25 He chose to be mistreated(AR) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(AS) for the sake of Christ(AT) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(AU) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(AV) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(AW) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(AX)
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(AY)
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(AZ)
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d](BA)
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(BB) Barak,(BC) Samson(BD) and Jephthah,(BE) about David(BF) and Samuel(BG) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(BH) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(BI) 34 quenched the fury of the flames,(BJ) and escaped the edge of the sword;(BK) whose weakness was turned to strength;(BL) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(BM) 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(BN) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(BO) and even chains and imprisonment.(BP) 37 They were put to death by stoning;[e](BQ) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(BR) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(BS) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(BT) and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended(BU) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,(BV) 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(BW) would they be made perfect.(BX)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
- Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
- Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;
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