Hebrews 11:23-40

New International Version

²³ By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,^(A) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.^(B)

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.^{(C) 25} He chose to be mistreated^(D) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. ²⁶ He regarded disgrace^(E) for the sake of Christ^(F) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.^{(G) 27} By faith he left Egypt,^(H) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer^(I) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.^(J)

²⁹ By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.^(K)

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.^(L)

³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.^[a](M)

³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,^(N) Barak,^(O) Samson^(P) and Jephthah,^(Q) about David^(R) and Samuel^(S) and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms,^(T) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,^{(U) 34} quenched the fury of the flames,^(V) and escaped the edge of the sword;^(W) whose weakness was turned to strength;^(X) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.^{(Y) 35} Women received back their dead, raised to life again.^(Z) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. ³⁶ Some faced jeers and flogging,^(AA) and even chains and imprisonment.^{(AB) 37} They were put to death by stoning;^[b](AC) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.^(AD) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,^(AE) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— ³⁸ the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves^(AF) and in holes in the ground.

³⁹ These were all commended^(AG) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^{(AH) 40} since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(AI) would they be made perfect.^(AJ)