29  By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up. 30  By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. 31  By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.

32  And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33  who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions’ mouths, 34  quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made the armies of strangers give way. 35  Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection; 36  and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment. 37  They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated, 38  (of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caverns of the earth. 39  And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise, 40  God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.

Chapter 12

1  Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us, 2  looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.