Hebrews 11:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.^[a]

The Examples of Abel, Enoch, and Noah

⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable^[b] sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith^[c] he still speaks. ⁵ By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and ‘he was not found, because God had taken him.’ For it was attested before he was taken away that ‘he had pleased God.’