Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared...

People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left,...

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed...

And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the...

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.   Hebrews 11:10   Did you ever think that...

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know...

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world...

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those...

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”...

By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings....

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.  ...

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.  ...

But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.   Hebrews 10:39   To win any...

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For, “In just a little while, he...

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.   Hebrews 10:35   When we throw away something, we don’t care what...

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were...

For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to...

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think...

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful...

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on...