Bible verse
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
Hebrews 11:40 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hebrews 11.
36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
40 God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
KJV
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
ASV
God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
ERV
God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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