Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the foundation of hoping, the evidence of events not being seen.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2For by this the ancients were well reported.
Cross References
Psalms 42:11Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Romans 8:24For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?
2 Corinthians 4:18while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 11:17What I speak, I speak not according to Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of the boast.
Titus 1:1Paul, a bondman of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen of God, and the knowledge of truth according to piety,
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:1
The apostle having, in the close of the foregoing chapter, recommended the grace of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent grace. I. The nature of it, and the honour it reflects upon all who live in the exercise of it, ver. 1-3 . II. The great examples we have in the Old Testament of those who lived by faith, and died and suffered extraordinary things by the strength of his grace, ver. 4-38 . And, III. The advantages that we… Read the whole commentary →