Hebrews 11:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Hebrews 11:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed - The first instance of the strength of faith which the apostle refers to is that by which we give credence to the declarations in the Scri...
Hebrews 11:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are (b) seen were not made of things which do appear. (3) He shows the property of faith, by sett...
Hebrews 11:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

worlds . ages. Greek. aion . App-129. framed . prepared, as Hebrews 10:5 . Greek. katartizo . App-125. word . Greek. rhema. See Mark 9:32 . God . App-98. so . to (Greek. eis) the end....
Hebrews 11:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Through, or by, faith we understand, (205) etc. This is a most striking proof of the last verse; for we differ nothing from the brute creation, if we understand not that the world...
Hebrews 11:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Through faith we understand - By worlds, τους αιωνας...
Hebrews 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Through faith we understand, &c.— "By faith we understand that the worlds were adjusted by the word of God, and the several revolutions of them directed by the operations of his secret provid...
Hebrews 11:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. We understand - we perceive with our spiritu...
Hebrews 11:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Through faith. — Rather, By faith, as in the following verses. The first place is not given to “the elders,” for the writer’s object is to set forth the achievements of faith. With these, he wo...
Hebrews 11:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Hebrews 11:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God ,.... The celestial world, with its inhabitants, the angels; the starry and ethereal worlds, with all that is in them, the...
Hebrews 11:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. Through faith we understand ] It is the...
Hebrews 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Through faith we understand that the worlds Although the expression, τους αιωνας, generally signifies the ages , yet here the subsequent clause determines its signification to the material fabric...
Hebrews 11:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Nature of Faith. A. D. 62. 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence...
Hebrews 11:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; This proves the second part of faith's description, Hebrews 11:1 , that it is the evidence of things not seen; for by it only we understand the creation, which no eye saw. It is the sa...
Hebrews 11:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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 tha...
Hebrews 11:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 11:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 11:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 11:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

The worlds were framed by the word of God Spirit in matter: The whole order of the natural world and man’s physical being may be said to be the expression of chemical combination, and of the va...
Hebrews 11:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

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.
Hebrews 11:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:5 ; Acts 14:15 ; Acts 17:24 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 2:1 ; Hebrews 1:2 ; Isaiah 40:26 ; Jeremiah 10:11 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; John 1:3 ; Psalms 33:6 ; Revelation 4:11 ; Romans 1:19-...
Hebrews 11:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Hebrews 11:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By faith we understand that the worlds — Heaven and earth and all things in them, visible and invisible. Where made — Formed, fashioned, and finished. By the word — The sole command of God, without...

Hebrews 11:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 11:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 11:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Hebrews 11:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 11:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 11:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 11:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Hebrews 11:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 11:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hebrews 11:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes