hebrews-11:3

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:1-3

1-3 Faith always has been the mark of God's servants, from the beginning of the world. Where the principle is planted by the regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause the truth to be received, concerning justification by the sufferings and merits of Christ. And the same things that are the object of our hope, are the object of our faith. It is a firm persuasion and expectation, that God will perform all he has promised to us in Christ. This persuasion gives the soul to enjoy those things now;... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-99

Hebrews 11 WE NOW ARRIVE at the passage which is pre-eminently the faith chapter of the Bible, and it is easy to see how thoroughly it fits into its place in the whole scheme of this Epistle. Judaism as a religious system largely appealed to sight, whereas the great realities of Christianity are unseen and only appeal to faith. The object of the Epistle being to deliver the converted Hebrews from the grave-clothes of Judaism which clung to them, and to establish them in the liberty of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hebrews 11:3-7

The example of Abel, Enoch, and Noah: v. 3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. v. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. v. 5. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hebrews 11:1-7

THIRD SECTIONINSPIRITING RETROSPECT OF THE HISTORY OF THE BELIEVING ANCESTORSIEdifying examples of faith down to the time of AbrahamHebrews 11:1-71 Now [But] faith is the substance of [confidence in] things hoped for, the evidence 2[conviction] of things not seen. For by [in] it the elders obtained a good report. 3Through faith we understand [apprehend intellectually, νοοῦμεν] that the worlds were [have been] framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-10

Faith’s Triumphs from Abel to Abraham Hebrews 11:1-10 Faith is the sixth sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of things which we can see and touch. When we are aware of the reality of these things, we naturally take them into account when we act. Rothschild laid the foundation of his fortune because he had news that the battle of Waterloo had been won, a day before anyone else in Britain. That fact enabled him to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God. After this comes the rapid survey of the triumphs of faith. Abel worshiped on the basis of sacrifice. Enoch walked in days of general defection. Noah worked as against all outward appearance. Abraham obeyed the divine call, obtained a son contrary to the course of Nature, and offered him at the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-16

Far-Flung Visions A New Year's Study Hebrews 11:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Another New Year has come to us freighted with every possibility of life and service. At such a time as this it is natural for us to look forward to coming things. Often we are interested supremely in the things which are wholly personal and self-centered. This year we believe that the Christian's eye is looking ahead to the things which are about to come to pass upon the earth. In the new year we have not far to look, as... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-26

The Place of Faith Hebrews 11:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens up the channels and starts the flow of blessings. "All things are possible to him that believeth"; nothing in the realm of the spiritual is possible to unbelief. How great is the depth of the word. "All things!" What riches of grace lie behind the portals of God's great storehouse! All of these are... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-33

The Life of Faith Hebrews 11:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Faith defined. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews opens with something that is very definite it is a definition of faith. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith takes hold of a promise from God, and turns it into substance. Faith is the substance of things hoped for; it reaches out into coming things, and creates them into present realities. Faith is the evidence of things not seen. Of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:3

‘ By faith we understand (know in our minds) that the worlds (the ages) have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which appear.’ So it is by faith that we accept that the world which endures through the ages was created by God; that it was His word that framed things as we know them; and that matter, and things as they are, were not made up of things which can be seen, but were His creation out of what was invisible, and were His handywork. It is... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:1-3

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Hebrews 11:3-7

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hebrews 11:1-7

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-10

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-16

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-26

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:3

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