1. The New Brown, Driver, and Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, (Francis Brown, Editor, Associated Publishers and Authors, Inc., Lafayette, IN, reprinted 1981). Close 2. We do know the spiritual battle between good and evil is part of the reason. Close 3. “Faith” teachers will say that while all the people in Hebrews 11 had faith in God, only the ones rescued had faith to be rescued while the others did not. However, that is an assumption based on the theology of faith they already hold. There is no verse that supports this claim. Close 4. We shifted to the ESV for this verse because the NIV says, “…poor in the eyes of the world…” instead of the more literal, “poor in the world.” This verse is speaking of poor people, people without much material means of support. Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version™ © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. Close 5. Tally was taken from the KJV. Close
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