By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for before his translation he hath had witness borne to him that he had been well-pleasing unto God:
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing {cf15i unto him}: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and {cf15i that} he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
By faith Noah, being warned {cf15i of God} concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a {cf15i land} not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, {cf15i so many} as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea shore, innumerable.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
But now they desire a better {cf15i country}, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king-s commandment.
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, evil entreated