For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.
Hebrews 11:39 - Revised Standard Version And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised, American Standard Version (1901) And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise, Common English Bible All these people didn’t receive what was promised, though they were given approval for their faith. Catholic Public Domain Version And all these, having been proven by the testimony of faith, did not receive the Promise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all these being approved by the testimony of faith, received not the promise; |
For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.
These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things which have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.