For by it the people of old received their commendation.
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,