Heb. 11:4‑40• 4By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain by which it was witnessed that he was righteous, God witnessing in respect of his gifts; and through it he, having died, yet speaketh.
5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death, and was not found because God translated him; for before the translation, it hath been witnessed that he had pleased God.
6But apart from faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for he that approacheth to God must believe that he is, and becometh a rewarder of those that seek him out.
7By faith Noah, oracularly warned of things not yet beheld, moved with fear, constructed an ark for saving his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is according to faith.
8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as not his own, dwelling as he did in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;
10for he waited for the city that hath the foundations, of which God is architect and master-builder.
11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore.
13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
14For they that say such things make plain that they seek out a country.
15And if indeed they called to mind that from which they went out, they might have had opportunity to return;
16but now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he prepared for them a city.
17By faith Abraham when tried offered up Isaac, and he that received to himself the promises was offering his only-begotten
18as to whom it was spoken, In Isaac shall thy seed be called;
19accounting that God [is] able to raise even from out of dead [men], whence also he received him back in parable.
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21By faith Jacob when dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.
22By faith Joseph when ending life called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23By faith Moses when born was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the order of the king.
24By faith Moses when become great refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter,
25choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to have temporary pleasure of sin,
26counting the Christ's reproach greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked off unto the recompense.
27By faith he left Egypt, not afraid of the wrath of the king; for he persevered as seeing the Invisible.
28By faith he hath celebrated the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
29By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as through dry land, of which the Egyptians made trial and were swallowed up.
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled seven days.
31By faith Rahab the harlot perished not along with the disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
32And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets;
33who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,
34quenched fire's power, escaped sword's edge, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight armies of aliens.
35Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted their deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection;
36and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea and of bonds and imprisonment.
37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they died by slaughter of sword. They went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the chinks of the earth.
39And these all having been witnessed of through their faith received not the promise,
40God having foreseen some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be perfected. (Heb. 11:4‑40)