Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 saints of old won God's approval.
Cross References
Romans 8:24It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?
2 Corinthians 4:18while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:17So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.
2 Corinthians 11:17What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.
Titus 1:1Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,
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 →