Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2For by this, the elders obtained approval.
Cross References
Psalms 42:11Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
Romans 8:24For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
2 Corinthians 4:18while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
Titus 1:1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according 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 →