Hebrews 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40 (Epistle, Sunday Before)
- 9
- By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
- 10
- for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- 17
- By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
- 18
- of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,”
- 19
- concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
- 20
- By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
- 21
- By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
- 22
- By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
- 23
- By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.
- 32
- And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
- 33
- who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
- 34
- quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
- 35
- Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
- 36
- Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.
- 37
- They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented –
- 38
- of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
- 39
- And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
- 40
- God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.