After these things the word of Adonai came to Abram in a vision saying, “Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Hebrews 11:6 - Tree of Life Version Now without faith it is impossible to please God. For the one who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. American Standard Version (1901) and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him. Common English Bible It’s impossible to please God without faith because the one who draws near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards people who try to find him. Catholic Public Domain Version But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and is a rewarder to them that seek him. |
After these things the word of Adonai came to Abram in a vision saying, “Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
“Now you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know Your ways.
With my whole heart have I sought You —let me not stray from Your mitzvot.
The righteous one will rejoice when he beholds vengeance, when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.
But for me, it is good to be near God. I have made my Lord Adonai my refuge. So I will tell of all Your works.
Despite all this they sinned still more, and did not trust in His wonders.
The wicked earn deceptive wages, but a sower of righteousness reaps a true reward.
Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the trustworthy loyalty to David.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you do not trust, you will not stand.”
You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’?
Adonai said to Moses, “How long will these people treat Me contemptibly? How long will they neglect to trust in Me—in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?
But Adonai said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in Me so as to esteem Me as holy in the eyes of Bnei-Yisrael, therefore you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given to them.”
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great! For in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
“And whenever you fast, do not become sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they neglect their faces to make their fasting evident to men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!
These signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak new languages;
“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.
Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. If you don’t believe that I am, you will die in your sins.”
How then shall they call on the One in whom they have not trusted? And how shall they trust in the One they have not heard of? And how shall they hear without someone proclaiming?
For in Messiah Yeshua, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any meaning—but only trust and faithfulness expressing itself through love.
He considered the disgrace of Messiah as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt—because he was looking ahead to the reward.
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God.
For we also have had Good News proclaimed to us, just as they did. But the word they heard did not help them, because they were not unified with those who listened in faith.
So then it remains for some to enter into it; yet those who formerly had Good News proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience.
for Torah made nothing perfect. But on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
Therefore He is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, always living to make intercession for them.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, make all the more effort to make your calling and election certain—for if you keep doing these things, you will never stumble.
Now for this very reason, making every effort, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
Therefore, loved ones, while you are looking for these things, make every effort to be found in shalom, spotless and blameless before Him.
But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
May Adonai repay you for what you have done, and may you be fully rewarded by Adonai, God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”