Hebrews 11:17–40

¹⁷By faith ^aAbraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had ^breceived the promises was offering up his only son,

¹⁸to whom it was said, “^aIn Isaac your seed shall be called.”

¹⁹¹He considered that ^aGod is able to raise people even from the dead, from which, ^2bfiguratively speaking, he also received him back.

²⁰By faith ^aIsaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.

²¹By faith ^aJacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and ^bworshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

²²By faith ^aJoseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave commands concerning his bones.

²³By faith ^aMoses, 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 ^bking’s edict.

²⁴By faith Moses, ^awhen he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

²⁵choosing rather to ^abe mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

^26aregarding the reproach of ¹Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the ^breward.

²⁷By faith he ^aleft Egypt, not ^bfearing the rage of the king; for he endured, as ^cseeing Him who is unseen.

²⁸By faith he ^1akept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that ^bhe who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

²⁹By faith they ^apassed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land, and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were ¹drowned.

³⁰By faith ^athe walls of Jericho fell down ^bafter they had been encircled for seven days.

³¹By faith ^aRahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after welcoming the spies ¹in peace.

³²And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I recount ^aGideon, ^bBarak, ^cSamson, ^dJephthah, as well as ^eDavid and ^fSamuel and the prophets,

³³who through faith ^aconquered kingdoms, ^bperformed righteousness, ^cobtained promises, ^dshut the mouths of lions,

^34aquenched the power of fire, ^bescaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, ^cbecame mighty in war, ^dput foreign armies to flight.

^35aWomen received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their ¹release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;

³⁶and others ¹experienced mockings and floggings, yes, also ^achains and imprisonment.

³⁷They were ^astoned, they were ^bsawn in two, ¹they were tempted, they were ^cput to death with the sword. They went about ^din sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ^emistreated

³⁸(of whom the world was not worthy), ^awandering in desolate places and mountains and caves and holes ¹in the ground.

³⁹And all these, having ^1agained approval through their faith, ^bdid not receive ²what was promised,

⁴⁰because God had ¹provided ^asomething better for us, so that ^bapart from us they would not be made perfect.