Hebrews 11:1
Now FAITH is the persuasion concerning things which are in hope, as if they were in reality, and a revelation of those which are not seen.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2And for this was the testimony concerning the elders.
Cross References
Romans 8:24For in hope we live: but hope that is seen is not hope; for if we see it, why hope we for it?
2 Corinthians 4:18While we look not on these which are seen, but at those which are unseen. For the seen are of time, but the unseen are of eternity.
2 Corinthians 5:17Whoever therefore is in the Meshiha is a new creature; the old things have passed, and every thing hath become new
2 Corinthians 11:17The thing which I (now) speak, I do not speak in our Lord, but as in foolishness in this place of boasting.
Titus 1:1PAULOS, a servant of Aloha, and apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, for the faith of the chosen ones of Aloha, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of Aloha;
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 →