Hebrews 11:2

¹  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

²  For by it the elders obtained a good report.

³  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.

⁴  By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.