1. Now faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not.
2. For by this the ancients obtained a testimony.
3. By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God; that from invisible things visible things might be made.
4. By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5. By faith Henoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had testimony that he pleased God.