Hebrews 11:33–40

³³who through faith conquered kingdoms,^p administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,^{q 34}quenched the fury of the flames,^r and escaped the edge of the sword;^s whose weakness was turned to strength;^t and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.^{u 35}Women received back their dead, raised to life again.^v There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. ³⁶Some faced jeers and flogging,^w and even chains and imprisonment.^{x 37}They were put to death by stoning;^ey they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.^z They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,^a destitute, persecuted and mistreated—³⁸the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves^b and in holes in the ground.

³⁹These were all commended^c for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^{d 40}since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^e would they be made perfect.^f