Hebrews 11:2

People who lived long ago trusted God and this is what gained them God's approval.

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In The King James Version

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

In Context

1Now our trust in God is the guarantee of what we hope for, the evidence of what we can't see.

3Through our trust in God we understand that the whole universe was created by God's command, that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:4By trusting him Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain, and as a result God identified him as someone who lived right. God showed this by accepting his offering. Even though Abel has been dead for a long time, he still speaks to us through what he did.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:2-4

The Nature of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Here we have, I. A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope… Read the whole commentary →

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