Hebrews 11:5

Faith led to Enoch’s removal from earth, so that he might not experience death. ‘He could not be found because God had removed him.’ For, before his removal, he was renowned as having pleased God;

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In The King James Version

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

In Context

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.

6but without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.

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Cross References

Psalms 89:48Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? Selah

Luke 3:37Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalalel, Kenan,

Romans 8:8They who are earthly cannot please God.

Hebrews 11:3Faith 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.

1 John 3:22and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are keeping his commands, and are doing what pleases him.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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