Hebrews 11:39

Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfillment of God’s promise;

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

In Context

38people of whom the world was not worthy – roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

40since God had in view some better thing for us, so that they would only reach perfection together with us.

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Cross References

Luke 10:23Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said to them alone, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing;

Hebrews 11:13All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only foreigners and strangers on the earth.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:33-40

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to… Read the whole commentary →

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