Hebrews 11:2

for in this were the elders testified of;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

In Context

1And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

3by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

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Cross References

Hebrews 11:4by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:2-4

The Nature of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Here we have, I. A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope… Read the whole commentary →

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