Hebrews 11:32–40

³²And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of ^fGideon, ^gBarak, ^hSamson, ⁱJephthah, of ^jDavid and ^kSamuel and the prophets— ³³who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, ^lstopped the mouths of lions, ^34mquenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, ⁿbecame mighty in war, ⁿput foreign armies to flight. ^35oWomen received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. ³⁶Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even ^pchains and imprisonment. ^37qThey were stoned, they were sawn in two,^{1 r}they were killed with the sword. ^sThey went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— ³⁸of whom the world was not worthy—^twandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹And all these, ^uthough commended through their faith, ^udid not receive what was promised, ⁴⁰since God had provided something better for us, ^vthat apart from us they should not be made perfect.