1 Faith is neither "substance" nor "evidence", as is the usual
rendering of this passage. The word "substance" is changed to
"confidence" in most later translations, as this word seems to agree
with its context in 2Co_9:4; 2Co_9:1; 2Co_9:11-17. But "confidence" is
not at all suitable in Heb_1:3, whe... [ Continue Reading ]
17 That all this is in resurrection is further enforced by the
offering of Isaac. Abraham had such confidence in God, that he was
ready to slay his son, believing that God would rouse him from the
dead in order to fulfil His promise. This is the faith that pleases
God and which will count in the kin... [ Continue Reading ]