Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2This is why the ancients were commended.
Cross References
Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Romans 8:24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Why would one hope for what he can already see?
2 Corinthians 4:18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, all things have become new!
2 Corinthians 11:17In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
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 →