Twentieth_Century(i)
39 But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their Ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.
11 1 Faith is the realization of things hoped for--the proof of things not seen.
2 And it was for faith that the men of old were renowned.
3 Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God--so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things.
4 Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain's, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.
5 Faith led to Enoch's removal from earth, that he might not experience death. 'He could not be found because God had removed him.' For, before his removal, he was renowned as having pleased God;
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.
7 It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.