Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the title-deed of things hoped for; the putting to the proof of things not seen.
Montgomery New Testament
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 men of old times had witness borne to them.
Cross References
Romans 8:24For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope.
2 Corinthians 4:18while I am gazing not at things seen, but at things unseen; for things seen are temporal, but things unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17So there is a new creation when any man is in Christ. The old life has passed away, behold, the new is come.
2 Corinthians 11:17What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord’s command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.
Titus 1:1To Titus, my true son in a common faith, from Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and to the knowledge of the truth which goes with piety;
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 →