Hebrews 11:31-38
The Message
31 By an act of faith, Rahab, the Jericho harlot, welcomed the spies and escaped the destruction that came on those who refused to trust God.
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32-38 I could go on and on, but I’ve run out of time. There are so many more—Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets. . . . Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn’t deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.
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Hebrews 11:31-33
New International Version
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[a](A)
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(B) Barak,(C) Samson(D) and Jephthah,(E) about David(F) and Samuel(G) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(H) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(I)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
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