But at the same time, his faith in the germ theory of disease is not strong enough for him to require people to wear masks, to avoid catching COVID-19 in the first place.
This post is at my wife’s insistence, as she knows the Bible far better than I do. My post on invisible aerosol particles put her in mind of a specific passage from the New Testament. About faith giving us certainty regarding things we do not see.
But the hard fact is that Oklahoma hasn’t (quite) run out of hospital and ICU beds. Yet. Assuming that he sticks to the standard Republican game plan, the governor of Oklahoma will pass no mask mandate until that actually happens. At which point, he’ll note the lack of beds, and the burden on health care workers, and do what he should have done months ago. See Post #893 for the standard approach, and Post #890 for a discussion of why this is a spectacularly stupid way to set public health policy.
The governor of Oklahoma has presented himself as a person of great faith. In a very public fashion. It’s just a pity that he can’t have a little more faith in his public health experts. And act on that faith to do something a little more tangible than just pray for those already infected.
New International Version
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
New Living Translation
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
English Standard Version
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Berean Study Bible
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Berean Literal Bible
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not being seen.
New American Standard Bible
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
New King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
King James Bible
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Christian Standard Bible
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
Contemporary English Version
Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see.
Good News Translation
To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
International Standard Version
Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.
NET Bible
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
New Heart English Bible
Now faith is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.
A Faithful Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Now faith is the conviction concerning those things that are in hope, as if it were these things in action, and the revelation of those things that are unseen;
GOD’S WORD® Translation
Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see.
New American Standard 1977
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
King James 2000 Bible
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
American King James Version
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
American Standard Version
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not.
Darby Bible Translation
Now faith is [the] substantiating of things hoped for, [the] conviction of things not seen.
English Revised Version
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen.
Webster’s Bible Translation
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Weymouth New Testament
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
World English Bible
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Young’s Literal Translation
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
Post #906 was about things that can harm us even though we can’t see them. Seemingly clean household air is, in fact, full of particulate matter, much of it not visible to the naked eye. But even if you didn’t believe that, it’s relatively simple to prove it. Just run a box fan with a high-end air filter on the back, and note the buildup on the air filter. Seemingly out of nowhere.
