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Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Now faith is
the assurance of
things hoped for,
the conviction of things not being seen.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
Now faith is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.
Now faith is the conviction concerning those things that are in hope, as if it were these things in action, and the revelation of those things that are unseen;
Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see.
Now faith is the assurance of
things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Faith, therefore, is the substance of things waited for, the evidence of things not seen.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
Now faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not.
Now faith is [the] substantiating of things hoped for, [the] conviction of things not seen.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
Commentary
Matthew Henry Commentary
11:1-3 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, concerning justification by the sufferings and merits of Christ. And the same things that are the object of our hope, are the object of our faith. It is a firm persuasion and expectation, that God will perform all he has promised to us in Christ. This persuasion gives the soul to enjoy those things now; it gives them a subsistence or reality in the soul, by the first-fruits and foretastes of them. Faith proves to the mind, the reality of things that cannot be seen by the bodily eye. It is a full approval of all God has revealed, as holy, just, and good. This view of faith is explained by many examples of persons in former times, who obtained a good report, or an honourable character in the word of God. Faith was the principle of their holy obedience, remarkable services, and patient sufferings. The Bible gives the most true and exact account of the origin of all things, and we are to believe it, and not to wrest the Scripture account of the creation, because it does not suit with the differing fancies of men. All that we see of the works of creation, were brought into being by the command of God.
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