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Hebrews 10:31-11:16
New International Version
Hebrews 10:31-11:16
New International Version
31 It is a dreadful thing(A) to fall into the hands(B) of the living God.(C)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(D) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(E) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(F) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(G) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(H) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(I) 35 So do not throw away your confidence;(J) it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere(K) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(L) 37 For,
38 And,
“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.(O)
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[c](P)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Faith in Action
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(Q) and assurance about what we do not see.(R) 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.(S)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(T) 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(U) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(V) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(W)
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.”[d](X) 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(Y) 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,(Z) in holy fear built an ark(AA) to save his family.(AB) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(AC)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(AD) obeyed and went,(AE) even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land(AF) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(AG) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(AH) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(AI) with foundations,(AJ) whose architect and builder is God.(AK) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(AL) was enabled to bear children(AM) because she[e] considered him faithful(AN) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(AO) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(AP)
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(AQ) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(AR) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(AS) 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.(AT) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(AU) Therefore God is not ashamed(AV) to be called their God,(AW) for he has prepared a city(AX) for them.
Footnotes
- 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)
- 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 10:31-11:16
King James Version
Hebrews 10:31-11:16
King James Version
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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.
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