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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