Hebrews 11:31

By faith Rabab the harlot perished not with the disobedient, because she had received the spies with peace.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

In Context

30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after the people had gone around them for seven days.

32And what further shall I say? For the time would fail me, were I to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah, of David also and Samuel, and of the prophets,

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Cross References

Matthew 1:5Salmon begot Boa of Rachab: Boaz begot Obed of Ruth: Obed begot Jesse:

James 2:25Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

1 Peter 3:20who formerly were disobedient, when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were brought in safety through the water;

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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