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Hebrews 11:1-3
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Hebrews 11:1-3
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
The Saints Have Always Endured By Faith
11 Now[a] faith is the assurance[b] of things being hoped-for[c], the conviction[d] of things not being seen[e]. 2 For in this the elders[f] were attested.
The Early Times
3 By faith we understand that the worlds have been prepared by the word of God, so that the thing being seen has not[g] come-into-being from things being visible.
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- Hebrews 11:1 The writer now proves by example that God’s people have always endured by faith (10:36-39).
- Hebrews 11:1 That is, our subjective confidence about the future things. Or, substance, reality; that is, the objective present reality of the future things.
- Hebrews 11:1 That is, future realities.
- Hebrews 11:1 Or, the certainty, the being-convinced. Or, the proof, the evidence, the thing-convincing.
- Hebrews 11:1 That is, unseen realities, past, present, and future.
- Hebrews 11:2 That is, the OT saints mentioned next.
- Hebrews 11:3 has not... visible. Or, has come-into-being from things not being visible.
Hebrews 11:1-3
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Hebrews 11:1-3
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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.
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