Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is [the] substance of things hoped for, [the] proof of matters not being seen,
Literal Standard 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 elders were well-attested.
Cross References
Psalms 42:11Why bow yourself, O my soul? And why are you troubled within me? Wait for God, for I still confess Him, || The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
Romans 8:24for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what anyone beholds, why does he also hope for [it]?
2 Corinthians 4:18we [are] not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] continuous.
2 Corinthians 5:17so that if anyone [is] in Christ—[he is] a new creature; the old things passed away, behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I do not speak according to the LORD, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] 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 →