Hebrews 11:31
By faith the prostitute Rahab, having received the spies in peace, did not perish with the disobedient.
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In Context
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, having been encircled for seven days.
Cross References
Matthew 1:5then Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, then Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, then Obed begot Jesse,
James 2:25Similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different way?
1 Peter 3:20who formerly were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, while the Ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is eight, souls were brought safely through 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 →