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Hebrews 11:1
KJ21
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
ASV
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
AMP
Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].
AMPC
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
BRG
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
CSB
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
CEB
Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see.
CJB
Trusting is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.
CEV
Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see.
DARBY
Now faith is [the] substantiating of things hoped for, [the] conviction of things not seen.
DLNT
Now faith is the assurance of things being hoped-for, the conviction of things not being seen.
DRA
Now faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not.
ERV
Faith is what makes real the things we hope for. It is proof of what we cannot see.
EASY
This is what it means to trust God: We will be sure about the things that we hope for. We will be sure in our minds about things that we cannot even see.
EHV
Faith is being sure about what we hope for, being convinced about things we do not see.
ESV
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
ESVUK
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
EXB
Faith means ·being sure [the assurance; or the tangible reality; or the sure foundation] of the things we hope for and ·knowing that something is real even if we do not see it [the conviction/assurance/evidence about things not seen].
GNV
1 He declareth in the whole Chapter, that the Fathers, which from the beginning of the world were approved of God, attained salvation no other way than by faith, that the Jews may know that by the same only, they are knit unto the Fathers in an holy union. Now faith is the grounds of things which are hoped for, and the evidence of things which are not seen.
GW
Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see.
GNT
To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
HCSB
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
ICB
Faith means being sure of the things we hope for. And faith means knowing that something is real even if we do not see it.
ISV
Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.
PHILLIPS
Now faith means putting our full confidence in the things we hope for, it means being certain of things we cannot see. It was this kind of faith that won their reputation for the saints of old. And it is after all only by faith that our minds accept as fact that the whole scheme of time and space was created by God’s command—that the world which we can see has come into being through principles which are invisible.
JUB
¶ Faith, therefore, is the substance of things waited for, the evidence of things not seen.
KJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
AKJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
LSB
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
LEB
Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.
TLB
What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.
MSG
The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.
MEV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
MOUNCE
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
NOG
Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see.
NABRE
Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
NASB
Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen.
NASB1995
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
NCB
Faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the conviction about things that cannot be seen.
NCV
Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it.
NET
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
NIRV
Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see.
NIV
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
NIVUK
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
NKJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
NLV
Now faith is being sure we will get what we hope for. It is being sure of what we cannot see.
NLT
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
NMB
Faith is a sure confidence of things that are hoped for, and a certainty of things that are not seen.
NRSVA
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
NRSVACE
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
NRSVCE
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
NRSVUE
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
NTFE
What then is faith? It is what gives assurance to our hopes; it is what gives us conviction about things we can’t see.
OJB
Now Emunah is the substance of things for which we have tikvah. Emunah is the conviction of things not seen.
RGT
Now faith is the confidence of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.
RSV
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
RSVCE
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
TLV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of realities not seen.
VOICE
Faith is the assurance of things you have hoped for, the absolute conviction that there are realities you’ve never seen.
WEB
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
WE
If people believe God, then they know they have the things they hope to get. It is the proof of things we do not see.
WYC
But faith is the substance of things that be to be hoped, and an argument of things not appearing. [Forsooth faith is the substance of things to be hoped, an argument, or certainty, of things not appearing.]
YLT
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
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