Add parallel Print Page Options

A man cannot please God unless he has faith. Anyone who comes to God must believe that He is. That one must also know that God gives what is promised to the one who keeps on looking for Him.

Because Noah had faith, he built a large boat for his family. God told him what was going to happen. His faith made him hear God speak and he obeyed. His family was saved from death because he built the boat. In this way, Noah showed the world how sinful it was. Noah became right with God because of his faith in God.

Because Abraham had faith, he obeyed God when God called him to leave his home. He was to go to another country that God promised to give him. He left his home without knowing where he was going.

Read full chapter

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(A) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(B) in holy fear built an ark(C) to save his family.(D) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(E)

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(F) obeyed and went,(G) even though he did not know where he was going.

Read full chapter