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# Connecting Statement:
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The author tells three things about faith in this brief introduction.
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main teaching. Here the author starts to explain the meaning of "faith."
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# faith is being sure of the things hoped for
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "when we have faith, we are sure of the things we hope for" or "faith is what allows a person to confidently expect certain things"
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# hoped for
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Here this refers specifically to the sure promises of God, especially the certainty that all believers in Jesus will live with God forever in heaven.
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# certain of things that are not seen
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "that we still have not seen" or "that still have not happened" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# For because of this
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"Because they were certain about events that had not happened"
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# the ancestors were approved for their faith
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God approved of our ancestors because they had faith" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the ancestors
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The author is speaking to the Hebrews about Hebrew ancestors. AT: "our ancestors" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the universe was created by God's command
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God created the universe by commanding it to exist" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# what is visible was not made out of things that were visible
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God did not create what we see out of things that were visible"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/confidence]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/creation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]] |