Hebrews 11
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But faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the inner-conviction of
[things] not seen.
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For by this the elders were [well] testified.
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By faith we
know eternity to be created by [the] word of God, in which the
not-out-of-what-appears came what-is-seen.
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By faith Abel offered [a]
greater sacrifice to God than Cain, through which he was witnessed to be
just, God [well] testifying [about] his gifts, and through them [though] being dead, he yet speaks.
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By faith Enoch was changed so as to not see death, and God
was not pleased [only] because he had changed him.
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For before the change he is witnessed to have been pleasing to God,
for it is necessary for the coming [one] to believe in God, that he is,
and that to those seeking him he becomes [a] rewarder.
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By faith Noah having been warned concerning
[things] not yet seen, having been reverent, he built [an] ark for the rescue of his house, through which he condemned the world, and he became heir of the
justice according to faith.
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By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to
go out to [a] place which he was [about] to be receiving for [an] inheritance, and he went out not knowing where he goes.
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By faith he sojourned to the land of
promise as [a] foreigner, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of
the same promise.
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For they expected the city having foundation, whose maker and framer is God.
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By faith Sarah herself also received ability for sowing of seed
even beyond the season1
of maturity2, because she regarded trustworthy the [one] having promised.
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Therefore even from one they came
to be, and these from the nearly-dead, just as the stars of heaven in number
and as sand by the shore of the sea innumerable.
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During faith these
all died, not having obtained the promise, but seeing and greeting [it] from
afar, and professing that they are strangers and exiles upon the land.
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For those saying such [things] reveal that they seek [a] native-land.
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And if on the one hand they remembered that from which they went
forth, they had opportune-time1 to turn back.
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But on the other hand they aspire to [a] greater,
that is, [a] heavenly. Therefore God was not ashamed to be
called their God, for he has prepared for them [a] city.
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By faith
Abraham offered Isaac, being tested, the [one] receiving the promise was offering
his uniquely-begotten3
son4,
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towards whom it was said that: In Isaac will be called to you seed,
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reasoning that even from the dead [is] God able
to raise [him], whence he was also in parable received.
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By faith also
concerning those [about] to be, he blessed Isaac, Jacob and Esau.
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By faith
Jacob when dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped upon the
top of his staff.
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By faith Moses having been born was hid three
months by his fathers, because they saw he was [a] well-pleasing child, and did
not fear the edict of the king.
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By faith when Moses became great, he
refused to be called the son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
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rather
having preferred to be mistreated with the people of God than to be having
transitory enjoyment of sin,
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regarding the reproach of Christ
greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt. For he was looking to the
recompense.
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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the
king, for he held fast as though seeing the invisible.
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By faith he
did the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the destroying
angel not touch the first-born.
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By faith they passed through the Red
Sea as through dry land, which, when they took the attempt, the Egyptians
were swallowed up.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having circled for seven days.
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By faith Rahab the prostitute was not
destroyed with the disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
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And what do I still say? For time fails me relating concerning
Gideon, Barach, Samson, Jeptha, David and Solomon and of the prophets,
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who through faith overcame kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained
promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
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quenched the power of fire,
fled the mouth of swords, were strengthened from weakness, became strong in
war, turned other's armies to flight
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women received from resurrection their dead. But others were tortured,
not receiving deliverance, in order that they obtain [a] greater resurrection;
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but others received the trial of mockings and floggings and yet of bonds and
prison;
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they were stoned, they were tested, they were sawn [in two], they
died by murder of [the] sword, they went around in sheepskins, in goatskins,
being in lack, being distressed, being treated evil-ly,
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of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in wildernesses and mountains
and caves and the holes of the land.
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And these all having witness born to them through faith, did not receive the promise,
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while God provided concerning you [a] greater [thing],
in order that not apart from you they be completed5.
1KAIROS (καιρoς ) `opportune time', `proper time', `season'
2that is, past menopause
3MONOGENES
`mah-noh-gen-AYS" (μoνγενεης ) Literally `only
(MONO) + begotten/birthed (GENES)'.
GENNAO "gen-AH-oh" (γενναω) is used of
`begetting' by the father, and `birthing' by the mother in the Greek literature in general
as well as the Septuagint. Thus it refers to the reproductive process as a whole. GENNAO is also used of the special relationship between a Master and his disciples, where no literal begetting or birthing is involved. Since there isn't really an English word that encompasses the whole reproductive cycle, GENNAO is reluctantly translated as 'born' except in those contexts where it would be strange to the English reader to say 'born of a father' or 'begotten by a mother'.
MONOGENES appears in:
Luke.7:12,
Luke.8:42,
Luke.9:38,
John.1:14,
John.1:18,
John.3:16,
John.3:18,
Heb.11:17,
1John.4:9.
Luke only uses MONOGENES to refer to 'an only-child'. But see
Heb.11:17 where Isaac is referred to as MONOGENES even though he has an older brother Ishmael. Thus it must also mean 'uniquely-born/begotten' and not strictly 'only-child'.
4Note: Isaac was not Abraham's only son—there was Ishmael (Gen 21). This must refer to Isaac's unique role as Abraham's son and not
just the simple biological fact of being Abraham's only son—which he was not.
5or "perfected"
version 3.85.
On 08 Sep 2009, 19:30.