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Great Examples of Faith

11 Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation.

By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

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The Meaning of Faith

11 Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about[a] and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.[b] By faith our ancestors won approval.

By faith we understand that time was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are invisible.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:1 The Gk. lacks will come about
  2. Hebrews 11:1 The Gk. lacks exist