Hebrews 11 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Triumphs of Faith

Heb 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

Heb 11:2For by it our fathers had God's approval.

Heb 11:3By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

(Gen 4:1–16; 5:18–24; 6:5—8:22 )

Heb 11:4

Heb 11:4By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

Heb 11:5

Heb 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:

Heb 11:6

Heb 11:6And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

Heb 11:7

Heb 11:7By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

(Gen 15:1–6; 21:1–7 )

Heb 11:8

Heb 11:8By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

Heb 11:9

Heb 11:9By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

Heb 11:10

Heb 11:10For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

Heb 11:11

Heb 11:11And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

Heb 11:12

Heb 11:12So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

Heb 11:13

Heb 11:13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

Heb 11:14

Heb 11:14For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.

Heb 11:15

Heb 11:15And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

Heb 11:16

Heb 11:16But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

(Gen 22:1–14; 48:8–16; 50:22–25 )

Heb 11:17

Heb 11:17By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

Heb 11:18

Heb 11:18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

Heb 11:19

Heb 11:19Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

Heb 11:20

Heb 11:20By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

Heb 11:21

Heb 11:21By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.

Heb 11:22

Heb 11:22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.

(Exo 2:1–10; 12:31–51 )

Heb 11:23

Heb 11:23By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.

Heb 11:24

Heb 11:24By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Heb 11:25

Heb 11:25Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

Heb 11:26

Heb 11:26Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

Heb 11:27

Heb 11:27By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

Heb 11:28

Heb 11:28By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.

Heb 11:29

Heb 11:29By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.

Heb 11:30

Heb 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.

Heb 11:31

Heb 11:31By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

Heb 11:32

Heb 11:32What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:

Heb 11:33

Heb 11:33Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

Heb 11:34

Heb 11:34Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

Heb 11:35

Heb 11:35Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;

Heb 11:36

Heb 11:36And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

Heb 11:37

Heb 11:37They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

Heb 11:38

Heb 11:38Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

Heb 11:39

Heb 11:39And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

Heb 11:40

Heb 11:40Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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