Hebrews 10:32–11:6

³²Remember those earlier days after you received the light. At that time you stood firm in a great struggle. You did it even in the face of suffering.

³³Sometimes you were made fun of in front of others. You were treated badly. At other times you stood side by side with people who were being treated like that. ³⁴You suffered together with people in prison. When your property was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew that God had given you better and more lasting things.

³⁵So don’t throw away your bold faith. It will bring you rich rewards. ³⁶You need to be faithful. Then you will do what God wants. You will receive what he has promised. ³⁷In just a very little while,

“The one who is coming will come. He will not wait.

³⁸The one who is in the right will live by faith.

If he pulls back,

I will not be pleased with him.”

³⁹But we aren’t people who pull back and are destroyed. We are people who believe and are saved.

Living by Faith

11Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being certain of what we do not see. ²That is what the people of long ago were praised for.

³We have faith. So we understand that everything was made when God commanded it. That’s why we believe that what we see was not made out of what could be seen.

⁴Abel had faith. So he offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. Because of his faith Abel was praised as a godly man. God said good things about his offerings. Because of his faith Abel still speaks. He speaks even though he is dead.

⁵Enoch had faith. So he was taken from this life. He didn’t die. He just couldn’t be found. God had taken him away. Before God took him, Enoch was praised as one who pleased God.

⁶Without faith it isn’t possible to please God. Those who come to God must believe that he exists. And they must believe that he rewards those who look to him.