ACV(i)
32 And what shall I say further? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon, also Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets,
33 who, through faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions,
34 quenched the force of fire, escaped the jaw of the sword. Out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, bowed down armies of aliens.
35 Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection.
36 And others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, and moreover of bonds and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned, they were sawed apart, they were tempted, they died in murder by sword. They wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, restricted, tormented
38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
39 And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,
40 God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.
12 1 Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.
2 Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.