Hebrews 11:3 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

KJV

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed - The first instance of the strength of faith which the apostle refers to is that by which we give credence to the declarations in the Scriptures about the work of creation; Gen 1:1. This is selected first, evidently because it is the first thing that occurs in the Bible, or is the first thing there narrated in relation to which there is the exercise of faith.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

By the word - The sole command of God, without any instrument or preceding matter. And as creation is the foundation and specimen of the whole divine economy, so faith in the creation is the foundation and specimen of all faith. So that things which are seen - As the sun, earth, stars.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
νοοῦμεν	nooumen	we understand	G3539 →
κατηρτίσθαι	katērtisthai	to have been formed	G2675 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνας	aiōnas	ages	G165 →
ῥήματι	rhēmati	by declaration	G4487 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
εἰς	eis	so that	G1519 →
τὸ	to	which	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐκ	ek	out of [things]	G1537 →
φαινομένων	phainomenōn	being visible	G5316 →
τὸ	to	the [thing]	G3588 →
βλεπόμενον	blepomenon	being seen	G991 →
γεγονέναι.¶	gegonenai	becoming.	G1096 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:3
Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
leads to
- Colossians 1:16–17
  For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- Psalms 33:6
  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
  yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Genesis 1:26
  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
Through
Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
leads to
- 1 Kings 8:27
  But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Through
Romans 4:17
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:28
  He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
- Genesis 17:4–5
  “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.