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Hebrews 11:26 (NIV)

He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

Hebrews 11:27 (NIV)

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:28 (NIV)

By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

Hebrews 11:29 (NIV)

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

Hebrews 11:30 (NIV)

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.

Hebrews 11:31 (NIV)

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Hebrews 11:32 (NIV)

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,

Hebrews 11:33 (NIV)

who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:34 (NIV)

quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

Hebrews 11:35 (NIV)

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.

Hebrews 11:36 (NIV)

Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Hebrews 11:37 (NIV)

They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—

Hebrews 11:38 (NIV)

the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

Hebrews 11:39 (NIV)

These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,

Hebrews 11:40 (NIV)

since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Hebrews 1:1 (NIV)

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

Hebrews 1:2 (NIV)

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Hebrews 1:4 (NIV)

So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

Hebrews 1:5 (NIV)

For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father” ? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son” ?

Hebrews 1:6 (NIV)

And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

Hebrews 1:7 (NIV)

In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”

Hebrews 1:8 (NIV)

But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 1:9 (NIV)

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”

Hebrews 1:10 (NIV)

He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.