Of whom the world was not worthy (ων ουκ ην αξιος ο κοσμος) Graphic picture in a short parenthetical relative clause (ων, genitive…

Of whom the world was not worthy. The world was so wicked that it had no claim that such holy men should live in it. These poor, despised,…

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samue…

To all outward appearance, these people of faith were insignificant and unimportant. But in truth they were worth more than all the rest of humanit…

Of whom the world was not worthy, and so on. As the holy Prophets wandered as fugitives among wild beasts, they might have seemed unworthy…

Of whom the world was not worthy
These words are inserted in a parenthesis, to remove or prevent such objections as …

After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be learned from them. We should be pleased to think how great the number of believers …

Having given examples of the holy fathers of old who did many great things for the faith, the Apostle now gives examples of those who suffered for …