For we also are having good-news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard.

Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

let us approach with a TRUE heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water.

But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him.

But we are not of retreat for destruction, but of faith for the preservation of the soul.

Now faith is the foundation of hoping, the evidence of events not being seen.

By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, because of which he was reported to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it, he who died still speaks.

By faith Enoch was transferred to not see death, and he was not found, because God transferred him. For before his removal he was reported to be pleasing to God.

And apart from faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him.

By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became an heir of righteousness according to faith.

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.

By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised.

All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.

By faith Abraham, being tested, offered Isaac. And he who received the promises offered his only begotten son,

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau about things coming.

By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, while perishing, remembered about the exodus of the sons of Israel, and commanded about his bones.

By faith Moses, after being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child well-formed, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

By faith Moses, having become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

By faith he forsook Egypt, not having feared the wrath of the king, for he persevered as seeing the invisible.

By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them.

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land, of which the Egyptians, having taken an attempt, were drowned.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, having been encircled for seven days.

By faith Rahab the harlot was not destroyed with those who were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

who, through faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions,

And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,

Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith--