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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hebrews 11:1-7

THIRD SECTIONINSPIRITING RETROSPECT OF THE HISTORY OF THE BELIEVING ANCESTORSIEdifying examples of faith down to the time of AbrahamHebrews 11:1-71 Now [But] faith is the substance of [confidence in] things hoped for, the evidence 2[conviction] of things not seen. For by [in] it the elders obtained a good report. 3Through faith we understand [apprehend intellectually, νοοῦμεν] that the worlds were [have been] framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews SEEKING GOD Heb_11:6 THE writer has been pointing to the patriarch Enoch as the second of these examples of the power of faith in the Old Covenant; and it occurs to him that there is nothing said in Genesis about Enoch’s faith, so he set about showing that he must have had faith, because he ‘walked with God,’ and pleased Him, and no man could thus walk with God, and please Him, unless he had come to Him, and no man could come to a God in whom he did not believe, and whom he did not... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-10

Faith’s Triumphs from Abel to Abraham Hebrews 11:1-10 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 which we can see and touch. When we are aware of the reality of these things, we naturally take them into account when we act. Rothschild laid the foundation of his fortune because he had news that the battle of Waterloo had been won, a day before anyone else in Britain. That fact enabled him to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

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. After this comes the rapid survey of the triumphs of faith. Abel worshiped on the basis of sacrifice. Enoch walked in days of general defection. Noah worked as against all outward appearance. Abraham obeyed the divine call, obtained a son contrary to the course of Nature, and offered him at the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-16

Far-Flung Visions A New Year's Study Hebrews 11:1-16 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 us to look forward to coming things. Often we are interested supremely in the things which are wholly personal and self-centered. This year we believe that the Christian's eye is looking ahead to the things which are about to come to pass upon the earth. In the new year we have not far to look, as... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-26

The Place of Faith Hebrews 11:1-26 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 channels and starts the flow of blessings. "All things are possible to him that believeth"; nothing in the realm of the spiritual is possible to unbelief. How great is the depth of the word. "All things!" What riches of grace lie behind the portals of God's great storehouse! All of these are... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-33

The Life of Faith Hebrews 11:1-33 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 substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith takes hold of a promise from God, and turns it into substance. Faith is the substance of things hoped for; it reaches out into coming things, and creates them into present realities. Faith is the evidence of things not seen. Of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:1

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 man, because whatever there is in man that is good is put into him by God. I. The first stage— repentance.—The first stage in the progress of spiritual conviction is repentance; a man has to find out that he is in the wrong before he can be set right. The foundation of all spiritual conviction rests... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:6

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH‘But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.’ Hebrews 11:6 It was exactly when these Hebrews were most sorely tempted that they were so carefully reminded that it was by faith, and faith alone, that ‘the elders obtained a good report.’ And in this eleventh chapter of the Epistle we have a long list brought before us of heroes who lived in the times of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:1-2

True Faith Is Faith In God’s Promises (Hebrews 11:1-2 ). Hebrews 11:1-2, ‘Now faith is assurance (hupostasis - ‘the substance’ or ‘the underpinning’ and therefore the ‘assurance’, the ‘guarantee within the heart’) of things hoped for, a proof (or ‘conviction’) of things not seen, for therein the elders had witness borne to them.’ Faith is to see as substantial fact what is hoped for on the basis of taking God’s promises seriously. It is to be assured of it, and to be convinced that what God... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hebrews 11:1-7

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Hebrews 11:6

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-10

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 11:1-40

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-16

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-26

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-33

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:1

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 11:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 11:1-2

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