Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the realization of things hoped for – the proof of things not seen.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2And it was for faith that the people of old were renowned.
Cross References
Psalms 42:11Why am I downcast? Why this moaning within me? Hope in God; for yet will I praise him, my help, my God.
Romans 8:24By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?
2 Corinthians 4:18We, all the while, gaze not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is transient, but what is unseen is imperishable.
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!
2 Corinthians 11:17When I speak like this, I am not speaking as the Master would, but as a fool might, in boasting so confidently.
Titus 1:1From Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, on behalf of the faith of God’s chosen people, and their knowledge of that truth which makes for 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 →