ACC ~ Hebrews 11 v7

NOAH RECEIVED A WARNING. EPHREM THE SYRIAN: “By faith Noah was warned by God concerning events as yet unseen,” that is, about things which would have happened 120 years after he had received the warning, and [he] “took heed” of those distant threats of punishment [and] “constructed an ark” with great toil “for the saving of his household.” By that same faith the world which did not believe was condemned, and that same faith made Noah the heir of the promise. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.

FAITH WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS. CHRYSOSTOM: “Noah became,” he says, “an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.” That is, by his believing God, he was shown to be righteous. For this is the part of a soul sincerely disposed toward God and judging nothing more reliable than God’s words, just as unbelief is the very contrary. Faith, it is clear, works righteousness. For as we have been warned of God respecting hell, so was Noah. Yet at that time he was laughed at, reviled and ridiculed, but he regarded none of these things. ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 23.1.