Hebrews 11:39 (KJV)

Passage

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Nearby Context

Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Hebrews 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "having", "obtained", "good", "report", "through", "received", and "promise". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "having", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "Of whom the world was not worthy..." into verse 40's "God having provided some better thing for...", so "faith" and "having" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.