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HEBREWS 11:1 u`po,stasij( pragma,twn {A}
The scribe of î13, a third or fourth century papyrus copy,
thoughtlessly wrote pragma,twn avna,stasij. 8
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CHAPTER XI.
_A definition of faith_, 1, 2.
_What are its immediate objects_, 3.
_What are its effects, instanced in Abel_, 4
_In Enoch_, 5, 6.
_In Noah_, 7.
_In Abraham_, 8-10....
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NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR - On the general nature
of faith, see the notes on Mark 16:16. The margin here is, “ground
or confidence.” There is scarcely any verse of the New Testame...
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IV. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Faith in regard to creation and salvation (Hebrews 11:1)_
2. The patience of faith (Hebrews 11:8)
3. The energy of faith (Hebrews 11:23
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HEBREWS 11:1 F. The chapter opens with a definition of faith as the
assurance whereby we lay hold of things still in the future, and the
proving_ i.e._ the inward certainty which is stronger than any...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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Faith means that we are certain of the things we hope for, convinced
of the thing we do not see. It was because of faith that the men of
old time had their record attested. It is by faith that we unde...
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FAITH. Greek. _pi_ stis. App-150.
SUBSTANCE. Greek. _hupostasis._ See Hebrews 1:3 and 2 Corinthians 9:4.
Used of title-deeds in the Papyri.
EVIDENCE. proof. Greek. _elenchos._ Only here and...
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_Now faith_ Since he has said "we are of faith to gaining of the
soul," the question might naturally arise, What then is faith? It is
nowhere defined in Scripture, nor is it defined here, for the writ...
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CH. 11. THE HEROES OF FAITH
The main task of the writer has now been performed, but the remainder
of the Epistle had also a very important purpose. It would have been
fatal to the peace of mind of a J...
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ἜΣΤΙΝ ΔῈ ΠΊΣΤΙΣ. “_But faith_ IS &c.” Since he has
said “we are _of faith_ to gaining of the soul,” the question
might naturally arise, What then is faith? It is nowhere defined in
Scripture, nor is i...
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_AN EXPLANATION OF SAVING FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:1-3 :_ The writer
described that faith whereby the just man lives in these words, "Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things...
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DISCOURSE: 2317
THE NATURE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen_.
CONSIDERING how much the Scriptures speak of faith, one is surpris...
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NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE, &C.— These verses may be paraphrased
thus: "As I have now observed, that faith avails to the salvation of
the soul, and intend, in the next place, largely to prove it; it
c...
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PART THREE
_THE NATURE, DEVELOPMENT AND DUTIES OF FAITH. Hebrews 11:1 to Hebrews
13:25_
I.
_The nature of faith. Hebrews 11:1-3_
_TEXT_...
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THE EXCELLENCY OF FAITH
(Hebrews 11:1-3)
Ere we take up the contents of the 11th chapter let us briefly review
the sound already covered. Chapter s 1 and 2 are more or less
introductory in their char...
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
FAITH - in its widest sense: not restricted to faith in the Gospel.
Not a definition of faith in its whole nature,...
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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 i...
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11:1 substantiating (f-5) Or 'assurance,' 'firm conviction.' see ch.
3.14....
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RV renders, 'Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
proving of things not seen.' The word represented here by 'assurance'
is rendered 'substance' in Hebrews 1:3; RV and 'confidence' in He...
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HEROES OF FAITH
The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel,
beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The
writer has already mentioned faith as a necessary co...
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HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN?
HEBREWS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 11
5 THE BETTER WAY 11:1-13:25
THE WAY OF TRUST AND HOPE 11:1-40
THE MEANING OF *FAITH (TRUST IN GOD) 11:1-3 V1 *Faith, that is, trust...
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We have seen how the writer approached the subject which is the chief
theme of this last division of this Epistle. The coming of the Lord,
for judgment upon His adversaries, for salvation to His peopl...
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CHAPTER X.
FAITH AN ASSURANCE AND A PROOF.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things
not seen. For therein the elders had witness borne to them. By faith
we understand t...
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Ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων
ὑπόστασις … “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for,
proof [manifestation] of things not seen”. When ἔστι stands
first in a sentence it sometimes means “there exists,”...
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FAITH'S TRIUMPHS FROM ABEL TO ABRAHAM
Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the _sixth_ sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future
things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of
things wh...
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Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken
from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men
know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God.
Afte...
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UNDERSTANDING FAITH"Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a
conviction of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1 A.S.V.). It appears the
King James translators got the full meaning of the word "substanc...
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Now (1) faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
(1) An excellent description of faith by the effects, because it
represents things which are but yet in hope, and...
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All this chapter is a commendation and recommendation of faith, which
is the substance [1] of things hoped for, giving as it were a
substance in our minds to such things as we are in hopes and in
expe...
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(1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. (2) For by it the elders obtained a good report. (3)
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the...
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CONTENTS
Here is the Record of Old Testament Saints, who lived and died,
triumphant in Faith. The sweet Assurance to New Testament Believers
that they, and all the Faithful, will together be made per...
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The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning
of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
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_PROGRESS IN RELIGIOUS CONVICTION_
‘Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.’
Hebrews 11:1
All religious conviction proceeds from God and cannot proceed from...
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1._Now faith, etc. _Whoever made this the beginning of the eleventh
chapter, has unwisely disjointed the context; for the object of the
Apostle was to prove what he had already said that there is nee...
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It is not a definition of this principle, that the epistle gives us at
the commencement of Chapter 11, but a declaration of its powers and
action. Faith realises (gives substance to) that which we hop...
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NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR,.... The "faith" here
spoken of is not a mere moral virtue, which is a branch of the law;
nor a bare assent to anything revealed, declared, and affirmed...
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The first verse gives such a description of the nature of faith, as
evidenceth its fitness and meetness unto the effecting of the great
work assigned unto it, namely, the preservation of believers in...
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.
Ver. 1. _Now faith is the substance_] Having mentioned the life of
faith, Hebrews 10:38, and the end of faith (or the...
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HEB. 11:1. NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE
EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.
_ Blank Bible: _ "Vid. No. 66 - the word ?p?stas?? here used signifies
confidence in 2 Corinthians 9:4; 2 C...
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Knowing that the believing Hebrews had been, and still were exposed to
persecution on account of the gospel, and fearing lest they should be
thereby cast down, and moved from their steadfastness, the...
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At the close of the preceding chapter, mention was made of "them that
believe to the saving of the soul." Now follows a description of faith
and an illustration of its power from the example of the an...
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A WONDERFUL EPIC ON THE POWER OF FAITH.
Faith as a trust in that which is invisible and future:...
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NOW, FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF
THINGS NOT SEEN....
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This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of
Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that
faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now C...
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SUBSTANCE:
Or, ground, or confidence...
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1-3 Faith always has been the mark of God's servants, from the
beginning of the world. Where the principle is planted by the
regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause the truth to be received,
concer...
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OLBGrk; HERBREWS CHAPTER 11 HEBREWS 11:1 The nature of faith, and its
acceptableness with God, set forth in the examples of many excellent
persons of old time. NOW FAITH: the Holy Spirit proceeds in t...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II "For hereby," pre-eminently,
"the elders obtained a good report. But without faith it is impossible
to please God."[21]
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book...
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Hebrews 11:1 Now G1161 faith G4102 is G2076 (G5748) substance G5287
for G1679 (G5746) evidence G1650 things...
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TRUE FAITH IS FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISES (HEBREWS 11:1).
Hebrews 11:1, ‘Now faith is assurance (hupostasis - ‘the
substance' or ‘the underpinning' and therefore the ‘assurance',
the ‘guarantee within the...
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CHAP. Hebrews 11:1. Having affirmed that our distinguishing quality as
Christians is not apostasy, but faith, and that the issue in our case
is not perdition, but the gaining of that life of the soul...
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NOW FAITH IS
(εστιν δε πιστις). He has just said that "we are of
faith" (Hebrews 10:39), not of apostasy. Now he proceeds in a chapter
of great eloquence and passion to illustrate his point by a re...
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Hebrews 11:1
Faith and Things Hoped for and Unseen.
I. Faith appears at first sight a very simple thing; it is nothing
else but believing the word of God. We know what it is to receive the
word of a...
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Hebrews 11:1
Abel, Enoch, Noah.
Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth
who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from
Adam, and Noah, the preacher...
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Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good
report._
So it was written, in the olden time, that believers «obta...
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First, a definition of faith.
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good
report. Through faith we understand...
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In this chapter we read of the wonders of faith; but I have never read
a chapter setting forth the wonders of unbelief. Unbelief is barren
impotent, a mere negation, a dead and accursed thing; but fai...
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These men, of whom we are now briefly to read, are a company of God's
witnesses; and the apostle calls them, in the next chapter, «a cloud
of witnesses,» who, from their lofty seats above, are watchin...
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This is a very familiar chapter, but it is none the less precious. It
is the roll of the heroes of faith. Here you have a list of the men
who believed in God, and who therefore did great things.
Hebr...
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Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good
report._
The names of those who lived in old time are handed down...
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This is the triumphal arch of faith. Here we find the names of many of
the heroes of faith, and a brief record of some of the battles in
which they fought and conquered. May you and I possess «like pr...
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This is the Arc de Triomphe erected to the memory of the heroes of
faith, whose names are here recorded by the apostle's inspired pen,
with a brief mention of some of their most memorable actions. If...
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CONTENTS: Superiority of the way of faith. Instances of faith.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Abel, Cain, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,...
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Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for._ Paul
uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3, that the Son is the
express image of the Father's _hypostasis,_ or person. Then fa...
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TO HAVE FAITH. See note on James 2:19 about the nature of faith. TO BE
SURE. Faith is the foundation on which all our hopes for the future
are built. TO BE CERTAIN. Faith makes us able to treat as _re...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:1 ASSURANCE. Or “confidence” (Hebrews
3:14). HOPED FOR. On hope, see...
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF FAITH AS A PRACTICAL POWER IN LIFE
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
THIS chapter contains a series of illustrations, taken from the heroic
ages of Hebrew history, of the nature and in...
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EXPOSITION
HEBREWS 11:1
NOW 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 unde...
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Hebrews, chapter 11:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
This is not so much a definition of faith as it is the declaration of
what faith d...
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1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 1:8; 2 Corinthians 11:17;...
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Faith [π ι σ τ ι ς]. Without the article, indicating that it is
treated in its abstract conception, and not merely as Christian faith.
It is important that the preliminary definition should be clearly...
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FAR-FLUNG VISIONS
A New Year's Study
Hebrews 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Another New Year has come to us freighted with every possibility of
life and service. At such a time as this it is natural for u...
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THE PLACE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the
smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens
up the cha...
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THE LIFE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Faith defined. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews opens with something
that is very definite it is a definition of faith. "Now faith is the
substan...
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The definition of faith given in this verse, and exemplified in the
various instances following, undoubtedly includes justifying faith,
but not directly as justifying. For faith justifies only as it r...
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Observe here, 1. The thing described, or the subject spoken of, and
that is faith; that faith whereby the just man lives, the apostle here
speaks of, though not as justifying, but as it is effectually...