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Bible Questions Answered:
“A man I listen to on t.v. Says that faith has “substance” and that this is what makes miracles....”
Kyle/ Mooresville, North Carolina U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Other Bible Translations:
Hebrews 11:1 NLT
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1 English Standard Version
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 Berean Study Bible
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 New American Standard Bible
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 Christian Standard Bible
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 Contemporary English Version
Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1 Good News Translation
To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1 Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 International Standard Version
Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.
Hebrews 11:1 NET Bible
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 New Heart English Bible
Now faith is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Now faith is the conviction concerning those things that are in hope, as if it were these things in action, and the revelation of those things that are unseen;
Hebrews 11:1 GOD'S WORD® Translation
Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1 New American Standard 1977
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 American Standard Version
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 English Revised Version
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 Weymouth New Testament
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 World English Bible
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
(Why was the word “substance,” used in the KJV Bible?)
It was more clearly understood in the day, but not not in ours.
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
Now faith is the substance* of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
*Substance-Greek: Hupostasis (Hoop-os'-tas-is_ Assurance, confidence, confident.
(Strong's Concordance-5287)
Substance:
[the] assurance
ὑπόστασις (hypostasis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5287: From a compound of hupo and histemi; a setting under, i.e. concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance.
Well than knowing this, let us read Hebrews 11:1 again!
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
This is exactly how all the translations above have translated it.
Is substance, some mysterious miraculous ingredient, we must look for to do the miraculous? No!
Prayer:
John 5:39 KJV
Search The Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.
Acts 17:11 NLT
And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched The Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching The Truth.
