Hebrews 11:7 (WEB)
By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“For whence was Noah “found righteous,” if in his case the righteousness of a natural law had not preceded?” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 9; vii. 1; comp. Heb. xi. 7.
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John Chrysostom
“Hebrews xi. 7” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“If I may recall far more ancient times, our patriarch Noah was certainly even before that great deluge, and I might not undeservedly call him a prophet, forasmuch as the ark he made, in which he escaped with his family, was itself a prophecy of our times.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 7; 1 Pet. iii. 20, 21.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.38.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.38.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.38.