The world was not worthy

32And what more shall I say? For time would fail me if I were telling about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and also Samuel and the prophets,

33who through faith conquered kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight.

35Women received back their dead by resurrection; but others were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection.

36And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

37They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they died by the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—

38—of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts and mountains, and caves and holes in the ground.

39And all these, though commended through faith, did not receive the promise,

40since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect apart from us.