[a]For by it our [b]elders were well reported of.

(A)[c]Through faith we understand that the world was ordained by the word of God, so that the things which we [d]see, are not made of things which did appear.

[e]By faith Abel (B)offered unto God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by (C)the which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:2 He showeth that the Fathers ought to be accounted of, by this virtue.
  2. Hebrews 11:2 That is, those Fathers of whom we came: and whose authority and example ought to move us very much.
  3. Hebrews 11:3 He showeth the propriety of faith, by setting unto us most piked examples of such as from the beginning of the world excelled in the Church.
  4. Hebrews 11:3 So that the world which we see, was not made of any matter that appeared or was before, but of nothing.
  5. Hebrews 11:4 Abel.

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