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Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of Hebrews—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now faith is the [a]1assurance of things [b]2hoped for, the [c]conviction of 3things not seen.
  2. For by it the 4men of old [d]5gained approval.
  3. ¶ By faith we understand that the [e]6worlds were prepared 7by the word of God, so that what is seen 8was not made out of things which are visible.
  4. By faith 9Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he 10obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying [f]about his 11gifts, and through [g]faith, though 12he is dead, he still speaks.
  5. By faith 13Enoch was taken up so that he would not 14see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
  6. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who 15comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
  7. By faith 16Noah, being 17warned by God about 18things not yet seen, [h]19in reverence 20prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of 21the righteousness which is according to faith.
  8. ¶ By faith 22Abraham, when he was called, obeyed [i]by going out to a place which he was to 23receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
  9. By faith he lived as an alien in 24the land of promise, as in a foreign land, 25dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, 26fellow heirs of the same promise;
  10. for he was looking for 27the city which has 28foundations, 29whose architect and builder is God.
  11. By faith even 30Sarah herself received [j]ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him 31faithful who had promised.
  12. Therefore there was born even of one man, and 32him as good as dead [k]at that, as many descendants 33AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN IN NUMBER, AND INNUMERABLE AS THE SAND WHICH IS BY THE SEASHORE.
  13. 34All these died in faith, 35without receiving the promises, but 36having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and 37having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  14. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
  15. And indeed if they had been [l]thinking of that country from which they went out, 38they would have had opportunity to return.
  16. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a 39heavenly one. Therefore 40God is not [m]ashamed to be 41called their God; for 42He has prepared a city for them.
  17. ¶ By faith 43Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had 44received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
  18. it was he to whom it was said, “45IN ISAAC YOUR [n]DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED.”
  19. [o]He considered that 46God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back [p]as a 47type.
  20. By faith 48Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
  21. By faith 49Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and 50worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
  22. By faith 51Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.
  23. ¶ By faith 52Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the 53king’s edict.
  24. By faith Moses, 54when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
  25. choosing rather to 55endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
  26. 56considering the reproach of [q]Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the 57reward.
  27. By faith he 58left Egypt, not 59fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as 60seeing Him who is unseen.
  28. By faith he [r]61kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that 62he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
  29. By faith they 63passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were [s]drowned.
  30. ¶ By faith 64the walls of Jericho fell down 65after they had been encircled for seven days.
  31. By faith 66Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies [t]in peace.
  32. ¶ And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of 67Gideon, 68Barak, 69Samson, 70Jephthah, of 71David and 72Samuel and the prophets,
  33. who by faith 73conquered kingdoms, 74performed acts of righteousness, 75obtained promises, 76shut the mouths of lions,
  34. 77quenched the power of fire, 78escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, 79became mighty in war, 80put foreign armies to flight.
  35. 81Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their [u]release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;
  36. and others [v]experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also 82chains and imprisonment.
  37. They were 83stoned, they were 84sawn in two, [w]they were tempted, they were 85put to death with the sword; they went about 86in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, 87ill-treated
  38. (men of whom the world was not worthy), 88wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes [x]in the ground.
  39. ¶ And all these, having [y]89gained approval through their faith, 90did not receive [z]what was promised,
  40. because God had [aa]provided 91something better for us, so that 92apart from us they would not be made perfect.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or substance
  2. ^ Or expected
  3. ^ Or evidence
  4. ^ Lit obtained a good testimony
  5. ^ Lit ages
  6. ^ I.e. by receiving his gifts
  7. ^ Lit it
  8. ^ Lit having become reverent
  9. ^ Lit to go out
  10. ^ Lit power for the laying down of seed
  11. ^ Lit in these things
  12. ^ Or remembering
  13. ^ Lit ashamed of them, to be
  14. ^ Lit seed
  15. ^ Lit Considering
  16. ^ Or figuratively speaking; lit in a parable
  17. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  18. ^ Lit has kept
  19. ^ Lit swallowed up
  20. ^ Lit with
  21. ^ Lit redemption
  22. ^ Lit received the trial of
  23. ^ One early ms does not contain they were tempted
  24. ^ Lit of
  25. ^ Lit obtained a testimony
  26. ^ Lit the promise
  27. ^ Or foreseen

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Heb 3:14
  2. ^ Heb 3:6
  3. ^ Ro 8:24; 2Co 4:18; 5:7; Heb 11:7, 27
  4. ^ Heb 1:1
  5. ^ Heb 11:4, 39
  6. ^ Jn 1:3; Heb 1:2
  7. ^ Ge ch 1; Ps 33:6, 9; Heb 6:5; 2Pe 3:5
  8. ^ Ro 4:17
  9. ^ Ge 4:4; Mt 23:35; 1Jo 3:12
  10. ^ Heb 11:2
  11. ^ Heb 5:1
  12. ^ Ge 4:8-10; Heb 12:24
  13. ^ Ge 5:21-24
  14. ^ Lu 2:26; Jn 8:51; Heb 2:9
  15. ^ Heb 7:19
  16. ^ Ge 6:13-22
  17. ^ Heb 8:5
  18. ^ Heb 11:1
  19. ^ Heb 5:7
  20. ^ 1Pe 3:20
  21. ^ Ge 6:9; Eze 14:14, 20; Ro 4:13; 9:30
  22. ^ Ge 12:1-4; Ac 7:2-4
  23. ^ Ge 12:7
  24. ^ Ac 7:5
  25. ^ Ge 12:8; 13:3, 18; 18:1, 9
  26. ^ Heb 6:17
  27. ^ Heb 12:22; 13:14
  28. ^ Re 21:14ff
  29. ^ Heb 11:16
  30. ^ Ge 17:19; 18:11-14; 21:2
  31. ^ Heb 10:23
  32. ^ Ro 4:19
  33. ^ Ge 15:5; 22:17; 32:12
  34. ^ Mt 13:17
  35. ^ Heb 11:39
  36. ^ Jn 8:56; Heb 11:27
  37. ^ Ge 23:4; 47:9; 1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12; Eph 2:19; 1Pe 1:1; 2:11
  38. ^ Ge 24:6-8
  39. ^ 2Ti 4:18
  40. ^ Mr 8:38; Heb 2:11
  41. ^ Ge 26:24; 28:13; Ex 3:6, 15; 4:5
  42. ^ Heb 11:10; Re 21:2
  43. ^ Ge 22:1-10; Jm 2:21
  44. ^ Heb 11:13
  45. ^ Ge 21:12; Ro 9:7
  46. ^ Ro 4:21
  47. ^ Heb 9:9
  48. ^ Ge 27:27-29, 39f
  49. ^ Ge 48:1, 5, 16, 20
  50. ^ Ge 47:31; 1Ki 1:47
  51. ^ Ge 50:24f; Ex 13:19
  52. ^ Ex 2:2
  53. ^ Ex 1:16, 22
  54. ^ Ex 2:10, 11ff
  55. ^ Heb 11:37
  56. ^ Lu 14:33; Pp 3:7f
  57. ^ Heb 2:2
  58. ^ Ex 2:15; 12:50f; 13:17f
  59. ^ Ex 2:14; 10:28f
  60. ^ Col 1:15; Heb 11:1, 13
  61. ^ Ex 12:21ff
  62. ^ Ex 12:23, 29f; 1Co 10:10
  63. ^ Ex 14:22-29
  64. ^ Jos 6:20
  65. ^ Jos 6:15f
  66. ^ Jos 2:9ff; 6:23; Jm 2:25
  67. ^ Jg ch 6-8
  68. ^ Jg ch 4, 5
  69. ^ Jg ch 13-16
  70. ^ Jg ch 11, 12
  71. ^ 1Sa 16:1, 13
  72. ^ 1Sa 1:20
  73. ^ Jg ch 4, 7, 11, 14; 2Sa 5:17-20; 8:1f; 10:12
  74. ^ 1Sa 12:4; 2Sa 8:15
  75. ^ 2Sa 7:11f
  76. ^ Jg 14:6; 1Sa 17:34ff; Da 6:22
  77. ^ Da 3:23ff
  78. ^ Ex 18:4; 1Sa 18:11; 19:10; 1Ki ch 19; 2Ki ch 6; Ps 144:10
  79. ^ Jg 7:21; 15:8, 15f; 1Sa 17:51f; 2Sa 8:1-6; 10:15ff
  80. ^ Jg 7:21; 15:8, 15f; 1Sa 17:51f; 2Sa 8:1-6; 10:15ff
  81. ^ 1Ki 17:23; 2Ki 4:36f
  82. ^ Ge 39:20; 1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 18:26; Je 20:2; 37:15
  83. ^ 1Ki 21:13; 2Ch 24:21
  84. ^ 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3
  85. ^ 1Ki 19:10; Je 26:23
  86. ^ 1Ki 19:13, 19; 2Ki 2:8, 13f; Zc 13:4
  87. ^ Heb 11:25; 13:3
  88. ^ 1Ki 18:4, 13; 19:9
  89. ^ Heb 11:2
  90. ^ Heb 10:36; 11:13
  91. ^ Heb 11:16
  92. ^ Re 6:11

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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