² This is what the ancients were commended for.^(A)

³⁹ These were all commended^(A) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^(B)

⁴ By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended^(A) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.^(B) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.^(C)