All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

so that the

proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Is the

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord

In the land of the living.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?

And why have you become disturbed within me?

Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,

The help of my countenance and my God.

Hoped

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The evidence

By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen,

in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

General references

And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”