New Testament in a Year

By Faith

11 Now faith is the ^[a](A)assurance of things ^[b](B)hoped for, the ^[c]conviction of ^(C)things not seen. ² For by it the ^[d](D)men of old ^[e](E)gained approval.

³ By faith we understand that the ^[f](F)worlds were prepared ^(G)by the word of God, so that what is seen ^(H)was not made out of things which are visible. ⁴ By faith ^(I)Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he ^(J)was approved as being righteous—God approving ^[g]his ^(K)gifts—and through ^[h]faith, though ^(L)he is dead, he still speaks. ⁵ By faith ^(M)Enoch was taken up so that he would not ^(N)see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for prior to being taken up, he was approved as being pleasing to God. ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who ^(O)draws near to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. ⁷ By faith ^(P)Noah, being ^(Q)warned about ^(R)things not yet seen, ^[i](S)in reverence ^(T)prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of ^(U)the righteousness which is according to faith.

⁸ By faith ^(V)Abraham, when he was called, obeyed ^[j]by going out to a place which he was to ^(W)receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹ By faith he sojourned in ^(X)the land of promise, as in a foreign land, ^(Y)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^(Z)fellow heirs of the same promise, ¹⁰ for he was looking for ^(AA)the city which has ^(AB)foundations, ^(AC)whose architect and builder is God. ¹¹ By faith even ^(AD)Sarah herself ^[k]received ^[l]ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she regarded Him ^(AE)faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore there were born even of one man, and ^(AF)him as good as dead ^[m]at that, as many ^(AG)as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

^13 (AH)All these died in faith, ^(AI)without receiving the promises, but ^(AJ)having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and ^(AK)having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵ And indeed if they had been remembering that country from which they went out, ^(AL)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a ^(AM)heavenly one. Therefore ^(AN)God is not ^[n]ashamed to be ^(AO)called their God, for ^(AP)He prepared a city for them.

¹⁷ By faith ^(AQ)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had ^(AR)received the promises was offering up his only son, ¹⁸ to whom it was said, “^(AS)In Isaac your seed shall be called.” ^19 [o]He considered that ^(AT)God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which, ^[p](AU)figuratively speaking, he also received him back.