- 1. Fayth is the grounde of thynges hoped for, the euidence of thynges not seene.
- 2. For by it, the elders obtayned a good report.
- 3. Through fayth, we vnderstande that the worldes were ordeined by the word of God, and that thynges whiche are seene, were made of thynges whiche were not seene.
- 4. By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.
- 5. By fayth was Enoch translated, that he shoulde not see death, neither was he founde, for God had taken hym away: For afore he was taken away, he was reported of to haue pleased God.
- 6. But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym: For he that cometh to God, must beleue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.
- 7. By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet, moued with reuerence, prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house, through the whiche [arke] he condempned the worlde, and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth.
- 8. By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.
- 9. By fayth he remoued into the lande of promise, as into a straunge countrey, whe he had dwelt in tabernacles, with Isaac and Iacob, heires with hym of the same promise:
- 10. For he loked for a citie hauyng a foundation, whose buylder and maker is God.
- 11. Through fayth also Sara her selfe receaued strength to conceaue seede, and was delyuered of a chylde whe she was past age, because she iudged hym faythfull which had promised.
- 12. And therfore sprang there of one, euen of one whiche was as good as dead [so many] in multitude, as are the starres in the skye, and as the sande the whiche is by the sea shore innumerable.
- 13. These all dyed according to fayth, not hauing receaued the promises, but seing them a farre of, and beleuyng, and salutyng, and confessyng that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earth.
- 14. For they that saye suche thynges, declare that they seke a countrey.
- 15. Also yf they had ben myndfull of that [countrey] from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned:
- 16. But nowe they desire a better, that is, a heauenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a citie.
- 17. By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne:
- 18. To whom it was saide, that in Isaac shall thy seede be called.
- 19. For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne, fro whence also he receaued hym in a similitude [of the resurrection.]
- 20. By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau, concernyng thynges to come.
- 21. By fayth Iacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshypped towarde the toppe of his scepter.
- 22. By fayth Ioseph when he dyed, remembred the departyng of the chyldren of Israel, and gaue commaundement of his bones.
- 23. By fayth Moyses whe he was borne, was hyd three monethes of his father and mother, because they sawe he was a proper chylde, neither feared they the kynges commaundement.
- 24. By fayth Moyses when he was great, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter:
- 25. Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season:
- 26. Esteemyng the rebuke of Christ, greater riches, then the treasures of Egypt: For he had respect vnto the recompence of the rewarde.
- 27. By fayth he forsoke Egypt, fearyng not the wrath of the kyng: For he endured, euen as though he had seene him which is inuisible.
- 28. Through fayth, he ordeyned the Passouer and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first borne, shoulde touche them.
- 29. By fayth, they passed through the redde sea, as by drye lande: which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned.
- 30. By fayth, the walles of Iericho fell downe, after they were compassed about seuen dayes.
- 31. By fayth, the harlot Rahab perished not with them that were disobedient, when she had receaued the spyes with peace.
- 32. And what shall I more say? for the tyme woulde fayle me, to rehearse of Gedeon, of Barac, and of Sampson, and of Iephte, of Dauid also and Samuel, and of the prophetes:
- 33. Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wrought righteousnesse, obteyned the promises, stopped the mouthes of the Lions,
- 34. Quenched the violence of fyre, escaped the edge of the sworde, out of weakenesse were made strong, wared valiant in fyght, turned to flyght the armies of the aliantes.
- 35. The women receaued their dead, raysed to lyfe agayne: Other were racked, not lokyng for deliueraunce, that they might receaue a better resurrectio.
- 36. And others were tryed with mockynges, and scourgynges: Yea, moreouer with bondes and prisonment:
- 37. They were stoned, were hewen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with sword, wandred about in sheepskinnes, and goates skinnes, beyng destitute, afflicted [and] tormented:
- 38. Of who the worlde was not worthie: They wandred in wildernesse, and in mountaynes, and in dennes, and caues of the earth.
- 39. And these all through fayth, obteyned good report, and receaued not the promise:
- 40. God prouidyng a better thyng for vs, that they without vs shoulde not be made perfect.
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