Heb 11:39 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Heb 11:39-40: 11:39-40 The way to live as God’s people under the new covenant is to live as all these people did under the old covenant: by faith in God’s promises, enduring any difficulties faced in this world. • earned a good reputation: God has borne witness to their faithfulness (see also 11:2 ). • yet none of them received all that God had promised: They all died prior to Christ’s promised coming; the something better began with Christ’s sacrificial work (8:3–10:18 ) and anticipates the future culmination of God’s plan for his people. • would not reach perfection: See study notes on 5:9; 7:11. Jesus has fulfilled God’s goal of bringing his people into relationship with him.

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‏ Hebrews 11:39

Summary for Heb 11:39-40: 11:39-40 ^a The way to live as God’s people under the new covenant is to live as all these people did under the old covenant: by faith in God’s promises, enduring any difficulties faced in this world.

• earned a good reputation: God has borne witness to their faithfulness (see also 11:2 ^b).

• yet none of them received all that God had promised: They all died prior to Christ’s promised coming; the something better began with Christ’s sacrificial work (8:3–10:18 ^c) and anticipates the future culmination of God’s plan for his people.

• would not reach perfection: See study notes on 5:9; 7:11. Jesus has fulfilled God’s goal of bringing his people into relationship with him.