Hebrews 11:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁰ because God had planned to give us something better [than they got], so that they would not be complete without us. [Note: The idea here is that these faithful people of Old Testament times did not receive the fullest of blessings until Christ came to make them available to both them and us together].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ Because God had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ God provided something better for us so they wouldn’t be made perfect without us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ God's Providence holds something better for us, so that not without us would they be perfected.

Hebrews 11:40 Referencias Cruzadas

Revelation 6:11

And a white robe was given to each one of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the [full] number of their fellow servants and their brothers would be killed like they were.

Hebrews 8:6

But now Jesus has obtained a ministry that is as far superior [to that of the Levitical priesthood] as the [New] Agreement, of which He is the Mediator, is better [than the old one], because it has been enacted on better promises.

Hebrews 7:19

(since the law did not make anything [i.e., anyone] perfect), but on the other hand, there is the introduction of a better hope [which did bring perfection through Christ], by which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 9:23

Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things [i.e., the Tabernacle, its furniture and utensils, etc.] to be [ceremonially] cleansed by these things [i.e., the blood of animal sacrifices], but the heavenly things themselves [i.e., the church, both on earth and in heaven] require better sacrifices than these [i.e., the sacrifice of Christ].

Hebrews 5:9

and after becoming perfectly [qualified], He became the source of never ending salvation to all those who obey Him.

Hebrews 7:22

So therefore, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better Agreement [between God and mankind].

Hebrews 11:16

But instead, they longed for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.