Hebrews 11:1, What faith is; Hebrews 11:6, Without faith we cannot please God; Hebrews 11:7, The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time.
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Hebrews 11
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Hebrews 11 — OverviewHebrews 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe apostle having, in the close of the foregoing chapter, recommended
the grace of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against
apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent…Hebrews 11 — OverviewHebrews 11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe apostle having, in the preceding chapter, spoken in commendation of the grace, and life of faith, and of its usefulness to preserve from apostasy, proceeds in this to give some account of the nature and actings of…Hebrews 11:1-3Hebrews 11:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere 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…Hebrews 11:1Hebrews 11:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be used, see under Hebrews 1:2. As to the sense intended here,…Hebrews 11:1Hebrews 11:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe nature of faith.
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for," etc. This is not a definition or description of what is called, in theological phrase, saving faith. It does not set forth faith in Jesus Christ in…Hebrews 11:1Hebrews 11:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryFaith in its relation to the future and the unseen.
I. FAITH IN ITS RELATION TO THE FUTURE.
1. Nothing is more to be desired than a hopeful outlook towards the future. The future may be regarded doubtfully, fearfully,…
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