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Hebrews 11:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son, "
Hebrews 11:17
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15 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son,
18 to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,”
19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
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Hebrews 11:1
"Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen."
Hebrews 11:2
"For by this, the elders obtained approval."
Hebrews 11:3
"By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible."
Hebrews 11:4
"By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks."
Hebrews 11:5
"By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God."
Hebrews 11:6
"Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him."
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