⁹ By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise;^{(A) 10} for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.^(B)

³² What more shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,^{(A) 33} who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions,^{(B) 34} put out raging fires, escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned back foreign invaders.^{(C) 35} Women received back their dead through resurrection. Some were tortured and would not accept deliverance, in order to obtain a better resurrection.^{(D) 36} Others endured mockery, scourging, even chains and imprisonment.^{(E) 37} They were stoned, sawed in two, put to death at sword’s point; they went about in skins of sheep or goats, needy, afflicted, tormented.^{(F) 38} The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth.^(G)

³⁹ Yet all these, though approved because of their faith, did not receive what had been promised. ⁴⁰ God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be made perfect.^[a]