Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For by this the ancients obtained a testimony. the elders. Hebrews 11:4-39 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh. . . . Context Faith and Assurance1Now, faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not. 2For by this the ancients obtained a testimony. 3By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made.… Cross References Hebrews 1:1 God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh. Hebrews 11:39 And all these, being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise: Jump to Previous Ancients Approval Borne Commended Divine Elders Fathers Gained God's Good Obtained Power Received Report Saints Testified Testimony Therein Witness WonJump to Next Ancients Approval Borne Commended Divine Elders Fathers Gained God's Good Obtained Power Received Report Saints Testified Testimony Therein Witness WonLinks Hebrews 11:2 NIVHebrews 11:2 NLT Hebrews 11:2 ESV Hebrews 11:2 NASB Hebrews 11:2 Bible Apps Hebrews 11:2 Biblia Paralela Hebrews 11:2 Chinese Bible Hebrews 11:2 French Bible Hebrews 11:2 German Bible Alphabetical: ancients approval by commended for gained is it men of old the This were what NT Letters: Hebrews 11:2 For by this the elders obtained testimony (Heb. He. Hb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |