Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,
I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. 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. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”
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