WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD

 

Now Faith is Confidence in what we Hope for

And Assurance about what we Do Not See.

2 This is what the Ancients were Commended for.

3 By Faith we Understand

That the Universe was Formed at God’s Command,

SO THAT WHAT IS SEEN

WAS NOT MADE OUT OF WHAT WAS VISIBLE.

4 By Faith Able

Brought God a Better Offering than Cain did.

By Faith he was Commended as Righteous,

When God Spoke Well of his Offerings.

And by Faith Able Still Speaks,

Even though he is Dead.

5 By Faith Enoch was Taken from this Life,

So that he Did Not Experience Death:

“He Could Not Be Found,

Because God had Taken him Away.”

For Before he was Taken,

He was Commended as One Who Pleased God.

6 AND WITHOUT FAITH

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD,

Because Anyone who Comes to Him

Must Believe that He Exists

And that he Rewards those who Earnestly Seek Him.

7 By Faith Noah,

When Warned about things Not Yet Seen,

In Holy Fear Built and Ark

To Save his Family.

BY HIS FAITH HE CONDEMNED THE WORLD

And Became Heir of the Righteousness

That is in Keeping with Faith.

(Hebrews 11:1-7, NIV)