“ For by it the elders obtained a good report. ”
For by it - That is, by that faith which gives reality to things hoped for, and a certain persuasion to the mind of the existence of those things which are not seen. The elders - The ancients...
(2) For by it the (a) elders obtained a good report. (2) He shows that the fathers ought to be accounted of by this virtue. (a) That is, those fathers from whom we came: and whose authority and exa...
Hebrews 11:1 f. The chapter opens with a definition of faith as the assurance whereby we lay hold of things still in the future, and the proving i.e. the inward certainty which is stronger than...
2. For by it the elders, (203) etc. He handles this subject to the end of the chapter — that the fathers obtained salvation and were accepted by God in no other way than by faith. T...
For by it the elders obtained a good report. For by it the elders obtained a good report - By the elders are meant ancestors, forefathers, such as the patriarchs and prophets, several of whom he afte...
Now faith is the substance, &c.— These verses may be paraphrased thus: "As I have now observed, that faith avails to the salvation of the soul, and intend, in the next place, largely to prove i...
For by it the elders obtained a good report. For - Faith is all this; for, etc. By - Greek, 'in this,' as their element. The elders - not merely [hoi archaioi] the ancients, as though...
Heroes of Faith The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel, beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The writer has already mentioned faith as a necessar...
For by it . — Better, For therein the elders had witness borne to them. The connection seems to be this: Faith truly accomplishes all this; for it was in the exercise of such a faith that the elde...
CHAPTER X. FAITH AN ASSURANCE AND A PROOF. "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen. For therein the elders had witness borne to them. By faith we understan...
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...
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. Af...
(1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (2) For by it the elders obtained a good report. (3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by th...
For by it the elders obtained a good report. By whom are meant, not merely old men, or elders in age, but such who lived in ancient times; some before the flood, and to a great age, and others who...
For by it the elders obtained a good report. Ver. 2. The elders obtained, &c. ] Gr. εμαρτυρηθησαν, were attested unto; and are here eternalized in this notable chapter, this little book of ma...
By it the elders Our forefathers, or the pious of former ages; obtained a good report Εμαρτυρηθησαν, received testimony , of God's approbation of them, or were borne witnesses to by God as perso...
This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now...
The Nature of Faith. A. D. 62. 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence...
OLBGrk; This is a proof of the first part of faith's description, that it is the substance of things hoped for; for all the fathers were testified of to have this work of faith in realizing their...
True Faith Is Faith In God's Promises ( Hebrews 11:1-2 ). Hebrews 11:1-2 , ‘Now faith is assurance (hupostasis - ‘the substance' or ‘the underpinning' and therefore the ‘assurance', the ‘guarante...
ILLUSTRATIONS OF FAITH AS A PRACTICAL POWER IN LIFE CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THIS chapter contains a series of illustrations, taken from the heroic ages of Hebrew history, of the nature an...
Hebrews 11:1-7 Abel, Enoch, Noah. Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, and Noah, the pre...
Hebrews 11:1-2 . Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good report. So it was written, in the olden time, that believers...
Hebrews 11:1 . Now faith is the substance of things hoped for. Paul uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3 , that the Son is the express image of the Father's hypostasis, or person. Th...
EXPOSITION Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be...
A Wonderful Epic on the Power of Faith. Faith as a trust in that which is invisible and future:
Hebrews 11:4-39
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 na...
By it the elders — Our forefathers. This chapter is a kind of summary of the Old Testament, in which the apostle comprises the designs, labours, sojournings, expectations, temptations, martyrdoms o...