Hebrews 11:2

And it was for faith that the people of old were renowned.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

In Context

1Faith is the realization of things hoped for – the proof of things not seen.

3Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God – so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things.

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:4Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.

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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