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Hebrews 11:1 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 11 · verse 1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews 11:1 · King James Version
What Hebrews 11:1 means
This is the Bible's own definition of faith, and it isn't wishful thinking. Substance and evidence are solid words — they describe something that's actually there. Faith isn't believing without a reason. It's acting on what God said before you can see how it turns out.
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Hebrews 11:1 in context
1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3Through 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
- Romans 8:24-25
- Hebrews 11:7
- Hebrews 10:22
- 1 Peter 1:7-8
- Psalms 27:13
- Hebrews 11:27
Key words (Strong's)
- substancehypostasisa setting or placing under, thing put under, substructure, foundation, that which has…G5287 →
- evidenceelegchosa proof, that by which a thing is proved or tested, convictionG1650 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
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Here we have, I. A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope are the object of our faith.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3