1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? …
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here we have, I. A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for . Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope are the object of our faith. It is a firm persuasion and expectation that God will perform all that he has promised to us in Christ; and this persuasion is so strong that it gives the soul a kin…
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