Hebrews 11:16

¹⁶νῦν δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ἐπουρανίου. διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν, ἡτοίμασεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν.k

Hebrews 11 is the Bible’s great hall of faith, a carefully curated gallery of Old Testament men and women who lived by trusting God’s promises before they saw them fulfilled. The chapter opens with a definition of faith as “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of thi