Sayings Saying Faith is the substance of things hoped Greg Conradi Smith Faith Human Flourishing Writing Drawing by Greg Conrad Smith, 2026. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen, not a refuge from truths that can be demonstrated or inferred.1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1, NKJV) ↩