Bible verses about faith

5 Bible verses about faith, each quoted word for word from the World English Bible, with a one-line note on where it sits in scripture.

Verses about faith

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

The opening line of a chapter that goes on to list examples from Israel's history.

Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Mark 11:24

Jesus, teaching his disciples the morning after a notable incident with a fig tree.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17

Part of Paul's argument about how belief actually takes hold in a person.

2 Corinthians 5:7

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7

Paul writing about living without full visibility into outcomes.

Ephesians 2:8-9

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Paul explaining what he means by grace, a few lines before this.

Questions to sit with

How far can faith go when it's asked to release the very thing it hoped for?

By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son,

Hebrews 11:17

How does faith become the foundation when the law alone cannot make anyone right?

Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 3:11

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