Hebrews 11:1
But faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2For by it the elders receive the witness of the Spirit.
Cross References
Romans 8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?
2 Corinthians 4:18we not looking at the things which are visible, but the things which are invisible; for the visible things are temporary, but the invisible things are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.
2 Corinthians 11:17What I say, I am not saying according to the Lord, but as it were in folly, in this confidence of glorying.
Titus 1:1Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect 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 →