<vn='1'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="5287">substance</s> of things hoped <sn="1679">for</s>, the <sn="1650">evidence</s> of <sn="4229">things</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="991">seen</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="5026">it</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4245">elders</s> obtained a good <sn="3140">report</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Through <sn="4102">faith</s> we <sn="3539">understand</s> that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="165">worlds</s> were <sn="2675">framed</s> by the <sn="4487">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, so that things which are <sn="991">seen</s> were <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1096">made</s><sn="1537">of</s> things which do <sn="5316">appear</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="6">Abel</s><sn="4374">offered</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s> a more <sn="4119">excellent</s><sn="2378">sacrifice</s><sn="3844">than</s><sn="2535">Cain</s>, <sn="1223">by</s><sn="3739">which</s> he obtained <sn="3140">witness</s> that he <sn="1511">was</s><sn="1342">righteous</s>, <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3140">testifying</s><sn="1909">of</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1435">gifts</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">it</s> he being <sn="599">dead</s><sn="2089">yet</s><sn="2980">speaketh</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="1802">Enoch</s> was <sn="3346">translated</s> that he should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="2288">death</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> was <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2147">found</s>, <sn="1360">because</s><sn="2316">God</s> had <sn="3346">translated</s><sn="846">him</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="4253">before</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3331">translation</s> he had this <sn="3140">testimony</s>, that he <sn="2100">pleased</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5565">without</s><sn="4102">faith</s> it is <sn="102">impossible</s> to <sn="2100">please</s> him: <sn="1063">for</s> he that <sn="4334">cometh</s> to <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="4100">believe</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="2076">is</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that he <sn="1096">is</s> a <sn="3406">rewarder</s> of them that diligently <sn="1567">seek</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3575">Noah</s>, being warned of <sn="5537">God</s><sn="4012">of</s> things not seen as <sn="3369 991">yet</s>, moved with <sn="2125">fear</s>, <sn="2680">prepared</s> an <sn="2787">ark</s> to the <sn="1519 4991">saving</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="3624">house</s>; <sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="2632">condemned</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1096">became</s><sn="2818">heir</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s> which is <sn="2596">by</s><sn="4102">faith</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>, when he was <sn="2564">called</s> to go <sn="1831">out</s><sn="1519">into</s> a <sn="5117">place</s><sn="3739">which</s> he should <sn="3195">after</s><sn="2983">receive</s><sn="1519">for</s> an <sn="2817">inheritance</s>, <sn="5219">obeyed</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he went <sn="1831">out</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1987">knowing</s><sn="4226">whither</s> he <sn="2064">went</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>By <sn="4102">faith</s> he <sn="3939">sojourned</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">land</s> of <sn="1860">promise</s>, as <sn="5613">in</s> a strange <sn="245">country</s>, <sn="2730">dwelling</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4633">tabernacles</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2384">Jacob</s>, <sn="3588">the</s> heirs with <sn="4789">him</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="1860">promise</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">For</s> he looked <sn="1551">for</s> a <sn="4172">city</s> which <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="2310">foundations</s>, <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="5079">builder</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1217">maker</s> is <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Through <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4564">Sarah</s><sn="846">herself</s><sn="2983">received</s><sn="1411">strength</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2602">conceive</s><sn="4690">seed</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was delivered of a <sn="5088">child</s> when she was past <sn="3844 2244 2540">age</s>, <sn="1893">because</s> she <sn="2233">judged</s> him <sn="4103">faithful</s> who had <sn="1861">promised</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1352">Therefore</s><sn="1080">sprang</s> there <sn="2532">even</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="1520">one</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5023">him</s> as good as <sn="3499">dead</s>, so many <sn="2531">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="798">stars</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">sky</s> in <sn="4128">multitude</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5616">as</s> the <sn="285">sand</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="3844">by</s><sn="3588">the</s> sea <sn="5491 2281">shore</s><sn="382">innumerable</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3778">These</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="599">died</s><sn="2596">in</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="3361">not</s> having <sn="2983">received</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promises</s>, <sn="235">but</s> having <sn="1492">seen</s><sn="846">them</s> afar <sn="4207">off</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> were <sn="3982">persuaded</s> of them, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="782">embraced</s> them, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3670">confessed</s><sn="3754">that</s> they <sn="1526">were</s><sn="3581">strangers</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3927">pilgrims</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s> they that <sn="3004">say</s> such <sn="5108">things</s> declare <sn="1718">plainly</s><sn="3754">that</s> they <sn="1934">seek</s> a <sn="3968">country</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3303">truly</s>, <sn="1487">if</s> they had been <sn="3421">mindful</s> of <sn="1565">that</s> country <sn="575">from</s><sn="3739">whence</s> they came <sn="1831">out</s>, they might have <sn="2192 302">had</s><sn="2540">opportunity</s> to have <sn="344">returned</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3570">now</s> they <sn="3713">desire</s> a <sn="2909">better</s> country, that <sn="5123">is</s>, a <sn="2032">heavenly</s>: <sn="1352">wherefore</s><sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1870">ashamed</s> to be <sn="1941">called</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he hath <sn="2090">prepared</s> for <sn="846">them</s> a <sn="4172">city</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>, when he was <sn="3985">tried</s>, offered <sn="4374">up</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> he that had <sn="324">received</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promises</s> offered <sn="4374">up</s> his only <sn="3439">begotten</s> son, </v>
<vn='18'><sn="4314">Of</s><sn="3739">whom</s> it was <sn="2980">said</s>, <sn="3754">That</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s> shall <sn="4671">thy</s><sn="4690">seed</s> be <sn="2564">called</s>: </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3049">Accounting</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2316">God</s> was <sn="1415">able</s> to raise him <sn="1453">up</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>; from <sn="3606">whence</s><sn="2532">also</s> he <sn="2865">received</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="3850">figure</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s><sn="2127">blessed</s><sn="2384">Jacob</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2269">Esau</s><sn="4012">concerning</s> things to <sn="3195">come</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2384">Jacob</s>, when he was a <sn="599">dying</s>, <sn="2127">blessed</s><sn="1538">both</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">sons</s> of <sn="2501">Joseph</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4352">worshiped</s>, leaning <sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="206">top</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="4464">staff</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2501">Joseph</s>, when he <sn="5053">died</s>, made <sn="3421">mention</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1841">departing</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> gave <sn="1781">commandment</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3747">bones</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3475">Moses</s>, when he was <sn="1080">born</s>, was <sn="2928">hid</s> three <sn="5150">months</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3962">parents</s>, <sn="1360">because</s> they <sn="1492">saw</s> he was a <sn="791">proper</s><sn="3813">child</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they were not <sn="5399 3756">afraid</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">king</s> 's <sn="1297">commandment</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3475">Moses</s>, when he was come to <sn="1096 3173">years</s>, <sn="720">refused</s> to be <sn="3004">called</s> the <sn="5207">son</s> of <sn="5328">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="2364">daughter</s>; </v>
<vn='25'><sn="138">Choosing</s><sn="3123">rather</s> to suffer affliction <sn="4778">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2228">than</s> to enjoy the <sn="2192 619">pleasures</s> of <sn="266">sin</s> for a <sn="4340">season</s>; </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2233">Esteeming</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3680">reproach</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="3187">greater</s><sn="4149">riches</s> than <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2344">treasures</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="125">Egypt</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he had <sn="578">respect</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s> recompense of the <sn="3405">reward</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>By <sn="4102">faith</s> he <sn="2641">forsook</s><sn="125">Egypt</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="5399">fearing</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2372">wrath</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">king</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he <sn="2594">endured</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3708">seeing</s> him who is <sn="517">invisible</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Through <sn="4102">faith</s> he <sn="4160">kept</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3957">passover</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4378">sprinkling</s> of <sn="129">blood</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s> he that <sn="3645">destroyed</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4416">firstborn</s> should <sn="2345">touch</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>By <sn="4102">faith</s> they passed <sn="1224">through</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2063">Red</s><sn="2281">sea</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3584">dry</s> land: <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="124">Egyptians</s> attempting to <sn="2983 3984">do</s> were <sn="2666">drowned</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5038">walls</s> of <sn="2410">Jericho</s> fell <sn="4098">down</s>, after they were compassed <sn="2944 *1909">about</s><sn="2033">seven</s><sn="2250">days</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>By <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4204">harlot</s><sn="4460">Rahab</s><sn="4881">perished</s><sn="3756">not</s> with them that believed <sn="544">not</s>, when she had <sn="1209">received</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2685">spies</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="1515">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5101">what</s> shall I <sn="2089">more</s><sn="3004">say</s>? <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5550">time</s> would <sn="1952">fail</s><sn="3165">me</s> to <sn="1334">tell</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="1066">Gideon</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> of <sn="913">Barak</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="4546">Samson</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="2422">Jephthah</s>; of <sn="1138">David</s><sn="5037">also</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4545">Samuel</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>: </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2610">subdued</s><sn="932">kingdoms</s>, <sn="2038">wrought</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="2013">obtained</s><sn="1860">promises</s>, <sn="5420">stopped</s> the <sn="4750">mouths</s> of <sn="3023">lions</s>, </v>
<vn='34'><sn="4570">Quenched</s> the <sn="1411">violence</s> of <sn="4442">fire</s>, <sn="5343">escaped</s> the <sn="4750">edge</s> of the <sn="3162">sword</s>, out <sn="575">of</s><sn="769">weakness</s> were made <sn="1743">strong</s>, <sn="1096">waxed</s><sn="2478">valiant</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4171">fight</s>, turned to <sn="2827">flight</s> the <sn="3925">armies</s> of the <sn="245">aliens</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="1135">Women</s><sn="2983">received</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="3498">dead</s> raised to life <sn="1537 386">again</s>: <sn="1161">and</s><sn="243">others</s> were <sn="5178">tortured</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="4327">accepting</s><sn="629">deliverance</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> they might <sn="5177">obtain</s> a <sn="2909">better</s><sn="386">resurrection</s>: </v>
<vn='36'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2087">others</s><sn="2983">had</s><sn="3984">trial</s> of cruel <sn="1701">mockings</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3148">scourgings</s>, <sn="1161">yea</s>, <sn="2089">moreover</s> of <sn="1199">bonds</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5438">imprisonment</s>: </v>
<vn='37'>They were <sn="3034">stoned</s>, they were sawn <sn="4249">asunder</s>, were <sn="3985">tempted</s>, were <sn="599">slain</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="*5408">the</s><sn="3162">sword</s>: they wandered <sn="4022">about</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3374">sheepskins</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="*122 1192">goatskins</s>; being <sn="5302">destitute</s>, <sn="2346">afflicted</s>, <sn="2558">tormented</s>; </v>
<vn='38'>(Of <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="3756">not</s> worthy:) <sn="514">they</s><sn="4105">wandered</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2047">deserts</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="3735">mountains</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="4693">dens</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3692">caves</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3778">these</s><sn="3956">all</s>, having obtained a good <sn="3140">report</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="2865">received</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s>: </v>
<vn='40'><sn="2316">God</s> having <sn="4265">provided</s><sn="5100">some</s> better <sn="2909">thing</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="2257">us</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> they <sn="5565">without</s><sn="2257">us</s> should <sn="3361">not</s> be made <sn="5048">perfect</s>. </v>