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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Hebrews 11 The apostle having, in the preceding chapter, spoken in commendation of the grace, and life of faith, and of its usefulness to preserve from apostasy, proceeds in this to give some account of the nature and actings of it; and which he illustrates by the examples of many of the Old Testament saints: he begins with a definition of it, which consists of two parts, Hebrews...
John Gill
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,.... The "faith" here spoken of is not a mere moral virtue, which is a branch of the law; nor a bare assent to anything revealed, declared, and affirmed in the Gospel; nor a faith of doing miracles; nor an implicit one; nor a mere profession of faith, which sometimes is but temporary; nor the word or doctrine of faith; but that which is made mention...
Matthew Henry
The apostle having, in the close of the foregoing chapter, recommended the grace of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent grace. I. The nature of it, and the honour it reflects upon all who live in the exercise of it, ver. 1-3. II. The great examples we have in the Old Testament of those who lived by...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good report. So it was written, in the olden time, that believers “obtained a good report;” and this second verse shows that they obtained it by their faith. The best part of the report about them is, that they believed their God, and believed all that was revealed to them by his Word...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, Though the “things” are only “hoped for” and “not seen” at present, the eye of faith can see them, and the hand of faith can grasp them. Faith is more mighty than any of our senses, or than all our senses combined.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, It gets a grip of what it hopes for, and holds it in its hand. Heb_11:1. The evidence of things not seen. We do see by faith. We see by faith what cannot be seen by our eyes; we grasp by faith what cannot be grasped with our hands. A strange mystery is the simple act of faith.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. The names of those who lived in old time are handed down with commendation because of their faith. If they had had no faith, we should have had no report of them.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. “The elders”— that is, those who lived in the ancient times — wrought wondrous works by faith, and the “report” of them still encourages others to try to do likewise.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Those of the olden time, who were men of noble character, won that character by their faith.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith — That is, belief, trust in God,- Heb_11:1. If the substance of things hoped for, It gets a grip of them, and holds them fast Heb_11:1. The evidence of things not seen, The height of what we cannot see with our mortal eyes,
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. There was no pre-existent matter, the world was made by God’s word, so that prior to the things which are seen, there existed...