Hebreos 11
Reina Valera Contemporánea
La fe
11 Ahora bien, tener fe es estar seguro de lo que se espera; es estar convencido de lo que no se ve. 2 Gracias a ella, nuestros antepasados fueron reconocidos y aprobados. 3 Por la fe entendemos que Dios creó el universo por medio de su palabra,(A) de modo que lo que ahora vemos fue hecho de lo que no se veía.
4 Por la fe, Abel ofreció a Dios un sacrificio más aceptable que el de Caín, y por eso fue reconocido como un hombre justo, y Dios aceptó con agrado sus ofrendas. Y aunque Abel está muerto, todavía habla por medio de su fe.(B) 5 Por la fe, Enoc traspuso sin morir el umbral de la muerte, y nunca más se supo de él, porque Dios le hizo cruzar ese umbral; pero antes de cruzarlo, todos reconocieron que él era del agrado de Dios.(C) 6 Sin fe es imposible agradar a Dios, porque es necesario que el que se acerca a Dios crea que él existe, y que sabe recompensar a quienes lo buscan. 7 Por la fe, con mucho temor Noé construyó el arca para salvar a su familia, cuando Dios le advirtió acerca de cosas que aún no se veían.(D) Fue su fe la que condenó al mundo, y por ella fue hecho heredero de la justicia que viene por medio de la fe.
8 Por la fe, Abrahán obedeció cuando fue llamado, y salió sin saber a dónde iba, y se dirigió al lugar que iba a recibir como herencia.(E) 9 Por la fe, habitó en la tierra prometida como un extraño en tierra extraña, y vivió en tiendas con Isaac y Jacob, quienes eran coherederos de la misma promesa;(F) 10 porque esperaba llegar a la ciudad que tiene fundamentos, cuyo arquitecto y constructor es Dios. 11 Por la fe, Sara misma recibió fuerzas para concebir, aunque era estéril, y dio a luz, aun cuando por su edad se le había pasado el tiempo,(G) porque creyó que era fiel quien le había hecho la promesa. 12 Por eso también, de un solo hombre, que ya estaba casi muerto, llegó a tener una multitud de descendientes, tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo(H) y tan incontables como la arena que está a la orilla del mar.(I)
13 Por la fe, todos ellos murieron sin haber recibido lo que se les había prometido, y sólo llegaron a ver esto a lo lejos; pero lo creyeron y lo saludaron, pues reconocieron que eran extranjeros y peregrinos en esta tierra.(J) 14 Porque los que dicen esto, claramente dan a entender que buscan una patria; 15 pues si hubieran estado pensando en la patria de donde salieron, tiempo tenían para volver. 16 Pero ellos anhelaban una patria mejor, es decir, la patria celestial. Por eso Dios no se avergüenza de llamarse su Dios; al contrario, les ha preparado una ciudad.
17 Por la fe, cuando Abrahán fue puesto a prueba, ofreció a Isaac; y el que había recibido las promesas ofrecía a su único hijo,(K) 18 a pesar de que Dios le había dicho: «Por medio de Isaac te vendrá descendencia».(L) 19 Y es que Abrahán sabía que Dios tiene poder incluso para levantar a los muertos; y en sentido figurado, de entre los muertos lo volvió a recibir. 20 Por la fe, Isaac bendijo a Jacob y a Esaú acerca de las cosas venideras.(M) 21 Por la fe, cuando Jacob murió, bendijo a cada uno de los hijos de José, y adoró apoyado en la punta de su bastón.(N) 22 Por la fe, cuando José murió, anunció la salida de los hijos de Israel y dio instrucciones en cuanto a qué hacer con sus restos mortales.(O)
23 Por la fe, cuando Moisés nació, sus padres lo escondieron durante tres meses,(P) pues al ver que era un niño muy hermoso no tuvieron miedo del decreto del rey.(Q) 24 Por la fe, cuando Moisés ya era adulto, rehusó llamarse hijo de la hija del faraón,(R) 25 y prefirió ser maltratado junto con el pueblo de Dios, antes que gozar de los deleites temporales del pecado, 26 pues consideró que sufrir el oprobio de Cristo era una riqueza mayor que los tesoros de los egipcios. Y es que su mirada estaba fija en la recompensa. 27 Por la fe salió de Egipto,(S) sin temor a la ira del rey, y se mantuvo firme, como si estuviera viendo al Invisible. 28 Por la fe, celebró la pascua y el rociamiento de la sangre, para que el que destruía a los primogénitos no llegara a tocarlos.(T)
29 Por la fe, pasaron por el Mar Rojo como si pisaran tierra seca; y cuando los egipcios intentaron hacer lo mismo, murieron ahogados.(U) 30 Por la fe, cayeron las murallas de Jericó después de rodearlas siete días.(V) 31 Por la fe, la ramera Rajab no murió junto con los desobedientes,(W) pues había recibido en paz a los espías.(X)
32 ¿Y qué más puedo decir? Tiempo me faltaría para hablar de Gedeón,(Y) de Barac,(Z) de Sansón,(AA) de Jefté,(AB) de David,(AC) así como de Samuel(AD) y de los profetas, 33 que por la fe conquistaron reinos, impartieron justicia, alcanzaron promesas, taparon bocas de leones,(AE) 34 apagaron fuegos impetuosos,(AF) escaparon del filo de la espada, sacaron fuerzas de flaqueza, llegaron a ser poderosos en batallas y pusieron en fuga a ejércitos extranjeros. 35 Hubo mujeres que por medio de la resurrección recuperaron a sus muertos.(AG) Pero otros fueron atormentados, y no aceptaron ser liberados porque esperaban obtener una mejor resurrección. 36 Otros sufrieron burlas y azotes, y hasta cadenas y cárceles.(AH) 37 Fueron apedreados,(AI) aserrados, puestos a prueba, muertos a filo de espada; anduvieron de un lado a otro cubiertos de pieles de oveja y de cabra, pobres, angustiados y maltratados. 38 Estos hombres, de los que el mundo no era digno, anduvieron errantes por los desiertos, por los montes, por las cuevas y por las cavernas de la tierra.
39 Y aunque por medio de la fe todos ellos fueron reconocidos y aprobados, no recibieron lo prometido. 40 Todo esto sucedió para que ellos no fueran perfeccionados aparte de nosotros, pues Dios había preparado algo mejor para nosotros.
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;
Hebrews 11
King James Version
11 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.
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