By faithAbelofferedunto God a moreexcellentsacrificethanCain, by which he obtainedwitnessthat he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he beingdead yet speaketh.
By faithEnoch was translatedthat he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had thistestimony, that he pleased God.
But withoutfaith it is impossible to please him: for he thatcometh to God mustbelievethat he is, and that he is a rewarder of themthatdiligentlyseek him.
By faithNoah, beingwarned of God of things not seen as yet, movedwithfear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and becameheir of the righteousnesswhich is by faith.
By faithAbraham, when he was called to go out into a placewhich he shouldafterreceive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowingwhither he went.
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strangecountry, dwelling in tabernacleswithIsaac and Jacob, the heirswith him of the samepromise:
ThroughfaithalsoSaraherselfreceivedstrength to conceiveseed, and was delivered of a childwhen she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Thereforesprangthereeven of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sandwhich is by the sea shoreinnumerable.
These all died in faith, not havingreceived the promises, but havingseenthemafar off, and werepersuaded of them, and embracedthem, and confessedthattheywerestrangers and pilgrims on the earth.
By faithMoses, when he was born, was hid threemonths of his parents, becausethey saw he was a properchild; and theywere not afraid of the king’scommandment.
And whatshall I more say? for the timewouldfail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of Davidalso, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weaknessweremadestrong, waxedvaliant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Theywerestoned, theyweresawnasunder, weretempted, wereslainwith the sword: theywanderedabout in sheepskins and goatskins; beingdestitute, afflicted, tormented;