Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the persuasion of the things that are in hope, as if they were in act; and it is the manifestness of the things not seen.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In Context
2And for it the ancients are well testified of.
Cross References
Romans 8:24Because we live in hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope: for if we saw it, how should we hope for it?
2 Corinthians 4:18while we look not at these seen things, but at those not seen; for these seen things are temporary, but those not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17Whoever therefore is in the Messiah, is a new creature: old things have passed away;
2 Corinthians 11:17What I am now saying, I say not in our Lord, but as in folly, in this matter of glorying.
Titus 1:1PAUL, a servant of God, and a legate of Jesus the Messiah; according to the faith of the elect of God, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of God,
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 →