Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For by it the elders obtained a good report.
The elders
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Bible References
The elders
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which it was testified of him that he was righteous (upright, in right standing with God), and God testified by accepting his gifts. And though he died, yet through [this act of] faith he still speaks.
General references
Luke 5:39 And no one, after drinking old wine, wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’”
Hebrews 11:39
And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised,