Add parallel Print Page Options

Kinalugdan(A) ng Diyos ang mga tao noong unang panahon dahil sa kanilang pananampalataya.

Dahil(B) sa pananampalataya, nauunawaan natin na ang sanlibutan ay nilalang sa pamamagitan ng Salita ng Diyos, at ang mga bagay na nakikita ay ginawa mula sa mga hindi nakikita.

Dahil(C) sa pananampalataya sa Diyos, si Abel ay nag-alay ng mas mabuting handog kaysa sa inihandog ni Cain. Kaya naman, si Abel ay kinilalang matuwid nang tanggapin ng Diyos ang kanyang handog. Kahit patay na, nagsasalita pa siya sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pananampalataya.

Read full chapter

For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

By faith we understand that (A)the [a]worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Faith at the Dawn of History(B)

By faith (C)Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still (D)speaks.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:3 Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons

This is what the ancients were commended for.(A)

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(B) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(C) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(D) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(E)

Read full chapter