Hebrews Chapter 11
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For if that first
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covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
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For finding fault with them, he saith,
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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
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That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
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In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt;
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For they continued not in my covenant,
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And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
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After those days, saith the Lord;
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I will put my laws into their mind,
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And on their heart also will I write them:
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And I will be to them a God,
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And they shall be to me a people:
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And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen,
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And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord:
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For all shall know me,
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From the least to the greatest of them.
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For I will be merciful to their iniquities,
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And their sins will I remember no more.
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In that he saith, A new
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covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.
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Now even the first
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covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary,
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a sanctuary of this world.
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For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein
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were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.
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And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;
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having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein
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was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.
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Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;
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but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:
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the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;
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which
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is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,
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being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
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But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
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nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Now faith is [the] substantiating of things hoped for, [the] conviction of things not seen.
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For in [the power of] this the elders have obtained testimony.
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By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by [the] word ofGod, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.
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By faith Abel offered toGod a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous,God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.
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By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, becauseGod had translated him; for before [his] translation he has the testimony that he had pleasedGod.
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But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]. For he that draws near toGod must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.
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By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which [is] according to faith.
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By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.
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By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with [him] of the same promise;
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for he waited for the city which has foundations, of whichGod is [the] artificer and constructor.
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By faith also Sarah herself received strength for [the] conception of seed, and [that] beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
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Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which [is] by the sea shore.
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All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
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For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek [their] country.
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And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
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but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; whereforeGod is not ashamed of them, to be called theirGod; for he has prepared for them a city.
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By faith Abraham, [when] tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten [son],
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as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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counting thatGod [was] able to raise [him] even from among [the] dead, whence also he received him in a figure.
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By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
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By faith Jacob [when] dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.
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By faith Joseph [when] dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.
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By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.
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By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;
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choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people ofGod than to have [the] temporary pleasure of sin;
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esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.
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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.
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By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
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By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days.
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By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.
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And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:
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who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,
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quenched [the] power of fire, escaped [the] edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made [the] armies of strangers give way.
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Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;
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and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment.
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They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,
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(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and [in] dens and caverns of the earth.
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And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,
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God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Est autem fides sperandarum substantia rerum, argumentum non apparentium.
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In hac enim testimonium consecuti sunt senes.
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Fide intelligimus aptata esse sæcula verbo Dei: ut ex invisibilibus visibilia fierent.
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Fide plurimam hostiam Abel, quam Cain, obtulit Deo, per quam testimonium consecutus est esse iustus, testimonium perhibente muneribus eius Deo, et per illam defunctus adhuc loquitur.
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Fide Henoch translatus est ne videret mortem, et non inveniebatur: quia transtulit illum Deus: ante translationem enim testimonium habuit placuisse Deo.
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Sine fide autem impossibile est placere Deo. Credere enim oportet accedentem ad Deum quia est, et inquirentibus se remunerator sit.
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Fide Noe responso accepto de iis, quæ adhuc non videbantur, metuens aptavit arcam in salutem domus suæ, per quam damnavit mundum: et iustitiæ, quæ per fidem est, heres est institutus.
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Fide qui vocatur Abraham obedivit in locum exire, quem accepturus erat in hereditatem: et exiit, nesciens quo iret.
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Fide demoratus est in Terra repromissionis, tamquam in aliena, in casulis habitando cum Isaac, et Iacob coheredibus repromissionis eiusdem.
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Expectabat enim fundamenta habentem civitatem: cuius artifex, et conditor Deus.
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Fide et ipsa Sara sterilis virtutem in conceptionem seminis accepit, etiam præter tempus ætatis: quoniam fidelem credidit esse eum, qui repromiserat.
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Propter quod et ab uno orti sunt (et hoc emortuo) tamquam sidera cæli in multitudinem, et sicut arena, quæ est ad oram maris, innumerabilis.
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Iuxta fidem defuncti sunt omnes isti, non acceptis repromissionibus, sed a longe eas aspicientes, et salutantes, et confitentes quia peregrini, et hospites sunt super terram.
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Qui enim hæc dicunt, significant se patriam inquirere.
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Et si quidem ipsius meminissent de qua exierunt, habebant utique tempus revertendi.
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nunc autem meliorem appetunt, id est, cælestem. Ideo non confunditur Deus vocari Deus eorum: paravit enim illis civitatem.
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Fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, cum tentaretur, et unigenitum offerebat, qui susceperat repromissiones;
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ad quem dictum est: Quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen:
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arbitrans quia et a mortuis suscitare potens est Deus: unde eum et in parabolam accepit.
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Fide et de futuris benedixit Isaac Iacob, et Esau.
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Fide Iacob, moriens, singulos filiorum Ioseph benedixit: et adoravit fastigium virgæ eius.
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Fide Ioseph, moriens, de profectione filiorum Israel memoratus est, et de ossibus suis mandavit.
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Fide Moyses, natus, occultatus est mensibus tribus a parentibus suis, eo quod vidissent elegantem infantem, et non timuerunt regis edictum.
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Fide Moyses grandis factus negavit se esse filium filiæ Pharaonis,
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magis eligens affligi cum populo Dei, quam temporalis peccati habere iucunditatem,
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maiores divitias æstimans thesauro Ægyptiorum, improperium Christi: aspiciebat enim in remunerationem.
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Fide reliquit Ægyptum, non veritus animositatem regis: invisibilem enim tamquam videns sustinuit.
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Fide celebravit pascha, et sanguinis effusionem: ne qui vastabat primitiva, tangeret eos.
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Fide transierunt Mare rubrum tamquam per aridam terram: quod experti Ægyptii, devorati sunt.
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Fide muri Iericho corruerunt, circuitu dierum septem.
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Fide Rahab meretrix non periit cum incredulis, excipiens exploratores cum pace.
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Et quid adhuc dicam? Deficiet enim me tempus enarrantem de Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Iephte, David, Samuel, et Prophetis:
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qui per fidem vicerunt regna, operati sunt iustitiam, adepti sunt repromissiones, obturaverunt ora leonum,
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extinxerunt impetum ignis, effugerunt aciem gladii, convaluerunt de infirmitate, fortes facti sunt in bello, castra verterunt exterorum:
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acceperunt mulieres de resurrectione mortuos suos: alii autem distenti sunt non suscipientes redemptionem, ut meliorem invenirent resurrectionem.
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Alii vero ludibria, et verbera experti, insuper et vincula, et carceres:
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lapidati sunt, secti sunt, tentati sunt, in occisione gladii mortui sunt, circuierunt in melotis, in pellibus caprinis, egentes, angustiati, afflicti:
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quibus dignus non erat mundus: in solitudinibus errantes, in montibus, in speluncis, et in cavernis terræ.
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Et hi omnes testimonio fidei probati, non acceperunt repromissionem,
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Deo pro nobis melius aliquid providente, ut non sine nobis consummarentur.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
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For by this, the elders obtained approval.
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By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
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By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
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By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
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Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
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By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
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By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
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By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
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For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
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Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
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If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
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But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son,
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to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,”
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concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
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By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
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By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
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By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
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By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
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choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,
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considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
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By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
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By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
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What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets—
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who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
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quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
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Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
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Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
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They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
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of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
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These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
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God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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εστιν δε πιστις ελπιζομενων υποστασις πραγματων ελεγχος ου βλεπομενων
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εν ταυτη γαρ εμαρτυρηθησαν οι πρεσβυτεροι
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πιστει νοουμεν κατηρτισθαι τους αιωνας ρηματι θεου εις το μη εκ φαινομενων το βλεπομενον γεγονεναι
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πιστει πλειονα θυσιαν αβελ παρα καιν προσηνεγκεν τω θεω δι ης εμαρτυρηθη ειναι δικαιος μαρτυρουντος επι τοις δωροις αυτου του θεου και δι αυτης αποθανων ετι λαλει
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πιστει ενωχ μετετεθη του μη ιδειν θανατον και ουχ ηυρισκετο διοτι μετεθηκεν αυτον ο θεος προ γαρ της μεταθεσεως μεμαρτυρηται ευαρεστηκεναι τω θεω
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χωρις δε πιστεως αδυνατον ευαρεστησαι πιστευσαι γαρ δει τον προσερχομενον [τω] θεω οτι εστιν και τοις εκζητουσιν αυτον μισθαποδοτης γινεται
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πιστει χρηματισθεις νωε περι των μηδεπω βλεπομενων ευλαβηθεις κατεσκευασεν κιβωτον εις σωτηριαν του οικου αυτου δι ης κατεκρινεν τον κοσμον και της κατα πιστιν δικαιοσυνης εγενετο κληρονομος
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πιστει καλουμενος αβρααμ υπηκουσεν εξελθειν εις τοπον ον ημελλεν λαμβανειν εις κληρονομιαν και εξηλθεν μη επισταμενος που ερχεται
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πιστει παρωκησεν εις γην της επαγγελιας ως αλλοτριαν εν σκηναις κατοικησας μετα ισαακ και ιακωβ των συγκληρονομων της επαγγελιας της αυτης
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εξεδεχετο γαρ την τους θεμελιους εχουσαν πολιν ης τεχνιτης και δημιουργος ο θεος
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πιστει και αυτη σαρρα δυναμιν εις καταβολην σπερματος ελαβεν και παρα καιρον ηλικιας επει πιστον ηγησατο τον επαγγειλαμενον
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διο και αφ ενος εγεννηθησαν και ταυτα νενεκρωμενου καθως τα αστρα του ουρανου τω πληθει και ως η αμμος η παρα το χειλος της θαλασσης η αναριθμητος
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κατα πιστιν απεθανον ουτοι παντες μη κομισαμενοι τας επαγγελιας αλλα πορρωθεν αυτας ιδοντες και ασπασαμενοι και ομολογησαντες οτι ξενοι και παρεπιδημοι εισιν επι της γης
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οι γαρ τοιαυτα λεγοντες εμφανιζουσιν οτι πατριδα επιζητουσιν
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και ει μεν εκεινης εμνημονευον αφ ης εξεβησαν ειχον αν καιρον ανακαμψαι
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νυν δε κρειττονος ορεγονται τουτ εστιν επουρανιου διο ουκ επαισχυνεται αυτους ο θεος θεος επικαλεισθαι αυτων ητοιμασεν γαρ αυτοις πολιν
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πιστει προσενηνοχεν αβρααμ τον ισαακ πειραζομενος και τον μονογενη προσεφερεν ο τας επαγγελιας αναδεξαμενος
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προς ον ελαληθη οτι εν ισαακ κληθησεται σοι σπερμα
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λογισαμενος οτι και εκ νεκρων εγειρειν δυνατος ο θεος οθεν αυτον και εν παραβολη εκομισατο
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πιστει και περι μελλοντων ευλογησεν ισαακ τον ιακωβ και τον ησαυ
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πιστει ιακωβ αποθνησκων εκαστον των υιων ιωσηφ ευλογησεν και προσεκυνησεν επι το ακρον της ραβδου αυτου
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πιστει ιωσηφ τελευτων περι της εξοδου των υιων ισραηλ εμνημονευσεν και περι των οστεων αυτου ενετειλατο
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πιστει μωυσης γεννηθεις εκρυβη τριμηνον υπο των πατερων αυτου διοτι ειδον αστειον το παιδιον και ουκ εφοβηθησαν το διαταγμα του βασιλεως
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πιστει μωυσης μεγας γενομενος ηρνησατο λεγεσθαι υιος θυγατρος φαραω
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μαλλον ελομενος συγκακουχεισθαι τω λαω του θεου η προσκαιρον εχειν αμαρτιας απολαυσιν
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μειζονα πλουτον ηγησαμενος των αιγυπτου θησαυρων τον ονειδισμον του χριστου απεβλεπεν γαρ εις την μισθαποδοσιαν
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πιστει κατελιπεν αιγυπτον μη φοβηθεις τον θυμον του βασιλεως τον γαρ αορατον ως ορων εκαρτερησεν
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πιστει πεποιηκεν το πασχα και την προσχυσιν του αιματος ινα μη ο ολοθρευων τα πρωτοτοκα θιγη αυτων
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πιστει διεβησαν την ερυθραν θαλασσαν ως δια ξηρας γης ης πειραν λαβοντες οι αιγυπτιοι κατεποθησαν
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πιστει τα τειχη ιεριχω επεσαν κυκλωθεντα επι επτα ημερας
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πιστει ρααβ η πορνη ου συναπωλετο τοις απειθησασιν δεξαμενη τους κατασκοπους μετ ειρηνης
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και τι ετι λεγω επιλειψει με γαρ διηγουμενον ο χρονος περι γεδεων βαρακ σαμψων ιεφθαε δαυιδ τε και σαμουηλ και των προφητων
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οι δια πιστεως κατηγωνισαντο βασιλειας ηργασαντο δικαιοσυνην επετυχον επαγγελιων εφραξαν στοματα λεοντων
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εσβεσαν δυναμιν πυρος εφυγον στοματα μαχαιρης εδυναμωθησαν απο ασθενειας εγενηθησαν ισχυροι εν πολεμω παρεμβολας εκλιναν αλλοτριων
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ελαβον γυναικες εξ αναστασεως τους νεκρους αυτων αλλοι δε ετυμπανισθησαν ου προσδεξαμενοι την απολυτρωσιν ινα κρειττονος αναστασεως τυχωσιν
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ετεροι δε εμπαιγμων και μαστιγων πειραν ελαβον ετι δε δεσμων και φυλακης
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ελιθασθησαν επειρασθησαν επρισθησαν εν φονω μαχαιρης απεθανον περιηλθον εν μηλωταις εν αιγειοις δερμασιν υστερουμενοι θλιβομενοι κακουχουμενοι
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ων ουκ ην αξιος ο κοσμος επι ερημιαις πλανωμενοι και ορεσιν και σπηλαιοις και ταις οπαις της γης
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και ουτοι παντες μαρτυρηθεντες δια της πιστεως ουκ εκομισαντο την επαγγελιαν
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του θεου περι ημων κρειττον τι προβλεψαμενου ινα μη χωρις ημων τελειωθωσιν
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
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for in this were the elders testified of;
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by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;
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by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.
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By faith Enoch was translated--not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to--that he had pleased God well,
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and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
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By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.
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By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
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by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,
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for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor <FI>is<Fi> God.
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By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;
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wherefore, also from one were begotten--and that of one who had become dead--as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that <FI>is<Fi> by the sea-shore--the innumerable.
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In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted <FI>them<Fi> , and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
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for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
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and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
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but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.
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By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
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of whom it was said--`In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'
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reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive <FI>him<Fi> .
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By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;
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by faith Jacob dying--each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;
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by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.
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By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;
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by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh,
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having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,
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greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
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by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One--he endured;
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by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
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By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;
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by faith the walls of Jericho did fall, having been surrounded for seven days;
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by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.
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And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,
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who through faith did subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped mouths of lions,
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quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.
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Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
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and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;
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they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins--being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
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of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and <FI>in<Fi> mountains, and <FI>in<Fi> caves, and <FI>in<Fi> the holes of the earth;
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and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,
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God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).