Hebrews 11:40

King James Version (KJV)

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Translations

Hebrews 11:40 - Amplified Bible

Because God had us in mind {and} had something better {and} greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them].

Hebrews 11:40 - American Standard Version

God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 - Bible in Basic English

Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

Hebrews 11:40 - Darby Bible

God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.

Hebrews 11:40 - English Standard Version

since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 - King James Version

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 - La Biblia de las Americas

porque Dios habìa provisto algo mejor para nosotros, a fin de que ellos no fueran hechos perfectos sin nosotros.

Hebrews 11:40 - The Message

Hebrews 11:40 - New American Standard Bible

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

porque Dios habìa provisto algo mejor para nosotros, a fin de que ellos no fueran hechos perfectos sin nosotros.

Hebrews 11:40 - World English Bible

God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 - Young's Living Translation

God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 - Additional Comments

Those in the day of Paul received "the promise" (verse 39), i.e. Jesus Christ. They got to see who the Messiah was, and receive the gift the Messiah bought, His sacrifice for them. Since no one is perfect without the sacrifice of Jesus, no one is perfect without "the promise" being fulfilled. So, no one is made perfect apart from "us", meaning from what we have in Jesus, meaning really from what Jesus gave.

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