Hebrews 11:3-5

Living Bible

³By faith—by believing God—we know that the world and the stars—in fact, all things—were made at God’s command; and that they were all made from things that can’t be seen.^[a]

⁴It was by faith that Abel obeyed God and brought an offering that pleased God more than Cain’s offering did. God accepted Abel and proved it by accepting his gift; and though Abel is long dead, we can still learn lessons from him about trusting God.

⁵Enoch trusted God too, and that is why God took him away to heaven without dying; suddenly he was gone because God took him. Before this happened God had said^[b] how pleased he was with Enoch.

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Footnotes

Hebrews 11:3 things that can’t be seen. Perhaps the reference is to atoms, electrons, etc.
Hebrews 11:5 God had said, implied.

Hebrews 11:3-5

New International Version

³By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,^(A) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

⁴By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended^(B) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.^(C) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.^(D)

⁵By 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.”^[a]^(E) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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