Strong's Greek: 4102. πίστις (pistis) -- faith, faithfulness

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Strong's Concordance

pistis: faith, faithfulness

Original Word: πίστις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: pistis
Phonetic Spelling: (pis'-tis)
Short Definition: faith, belief, trust
Definition: faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

HELPS Word-studies

4102 pístis (from 3982/peithô, "persuade, be persuaded") – properly, persuasion (be persuaded, come to trust); faith.

Faith (4102/pistis) is always a gift from God, and never something that can be produced by people. In short, 4102/pistis ("faith") for the believer is "God's divine persuasion" – and therefore distinct from human belief (confidence), yet involving it. The Lord continuously births faith in the yielded believer so they can know what He prefers, i.e. the persuasion of His will (1 Jn 5:4).

[4102 (pistis) in secular antiquity referred to a guarantee (warranty). In Scripture, faith is God's warranty, certifying that the revelation He inbirthed will come to pass (His way).

Faith (4102/pistis) is also used collectively – of all the times God has revealed (given the persuasion of) His will, which includes the full revelation of Scripture (Jude 3). Indeed, God the Lord guarantees that all of this revelation will come to pass! Compare Mt 5:18 with 2 Tim 3:16.]

1. The root of 4102/pistis ("faith") is 3982/peithô ("to persuade, be persuaded") which supplies the core-meaning of faith ("divine persuasion"). It is God's warranty that guarantees the fulfillment of the revelation He births within the receptive believer (cf. 1 Jn 5:4 with Heb 11:1).

Faith (4102/pistis) is always received from God, and never generated by us.

Ro 12:3: "For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith (4102/pistis)" (NASU).

Eph 2:8,9: " For by grace you have been saved through faith (4102/pistis); and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; ⁹not as a result of works, so that no one may boast" (NASU).

Gal 5:22,23: "²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

patience, kindness, goodness, faith (4102/pistis), ²³gentleness,

self-control; against such things there is no law."

2 Thes 1:11: "To this end (glorification) – indeed each time we pray about (peri) you for the purpose (hin) of our God counting you worthy of the call – even that He may fulfill (His) every good-pleasure that comes from (His) goodness and work of faith, in (His) ability."

Reflection: Faith is only (exclusively) given to the redeemed. It is not a virtue that can be worked up by human effort.

2. Faith (4102/pistis) enables the believer to know God's preferred-will (cf. J. Calvin; see 2307/thelçma). Accordingly, faith (4102/pistis) and "God's preferred-will (2307/thelçma)" are directly connected in Scripture.

2 Ro 12:2,3: " And do not be conformed to this world, but betransformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will (2307/thelçma) of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. ³For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith (4102/pistis)" (NASU).

5 2 Cor 8:5,7: " And this, not as we had expected, but they first

gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will (2307/thelçma) of

God" (NASU).

7" But just as you abound in everything, in faith (4102/pistis)

and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love

we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also"

(NASU).

Heb 10:36,38: "³⁶For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will (2307/thelçma) of God, you may receive what was promised" (NASU).

" BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH(4102/pistis); AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM" (NASU).

1 Jn 5:4: "For whatever is born of God conquers the world;

and this is the conquest that has conquered the world – our faith

(4102/pistis)."

3. In sum, faith (4102/pistis) is a persuasion from God that we receive as He grants impulse ("divine spark"; cf. the Heb hiphil form of believe, *mn, in a later discussion). Faith is always the work of God and involves hearing His voice – whereby the believer lays hold of His preferred-will (cf. J. Calvin).

1 Hab 2:1: " I will stand on my guard post And station myself on the rampart;

And I will keep watch to see what He will speak in (Heb b ) me" (NASU).

Hab 2:4: "Behold, as for the proud one,

His soul is not right within him;

But the righteous will live in his faith" (= 4102/pistis, "faith from the Lord").

Key quotes

"Faith always pre-supposes revelation" (W. H. Griffith Thomas, Genesis, 55). "Faith is always a response to a divine revelation" (W. H. Griffith Thomas, Hebrews, 143). "Faith . . . both in its initiation and every step of the way, is Spirit given . . . faith is God given" (W. Hendriksen, Galatians, 197). "Faith precedes works, and is not something merely deduced by

reason of existing" (D. Edmond Hiebert, Thessalonians, 2 Thes 1:11). "Faith is always a gift of God" (L. Morris, John, p 520). "The basis of faith is God's revelation of Himself . . . Christianity came

to be seen as a faith event" (O. Michel, Dictionary of New Testament Theology).

"Faith is the divine response, wrought in man, by God" (from Berkof's Systematic Theology, representing the views of Barth and Brunner).

"Faith always has the element of assurance, certainty and confidence . . . and evidential value substantiating the thing we hope for . . . with faith, there is no strain or tension; rather, it has the element of assurance and confidence in it . . . if there is strain or tension . . . trying to persuade yourself to keep from doubting, you can be quite sure that it is not faith . . . faith is not the law of mathematical probability, . . . faith is not natural . . .faith is spiritual, the gift of God . . . you cannot command faith at will, faith is always something that is given-inwrought by God; . . . therefore, if you want to be a man of faith, it will always be the result of becoming a certain type of person" (M. Lloyd Jones, Romans, Ro 4:18-25).

"Faith is the divinely given conviction of things unseen" (Homer Kent Jr., Hebrews, 217, quoting Theological Dictionary of the NT vol 2, 476).

"Faith is the organ which enables people to see the invisible order" (F.

F. Bruce, Hebrews, 279).

"Faith is knowing what is His will toward us; therefore, we hold faith to be the knowledge of God's will toward us" (John Calvin, as quoted by R. McAfee Brown in Is Faith Obsolete?).

"Right faith is a thing wrought in us by the Holy Spirit" (Wm. Tyndale).

"We have made faith a condition of mind, when it is a divinely imparted grace of the heart . . . we can receive faith only as he gives it . . . you cannot manufacture faith, you can not work it up . . . you can believe a promise, and at the same time not have the faith to appropriate it . . . genuine, Scriptural faith is not our ability to ‘count it done,’ but is the deep consciousness divinely imparted to the heart of man that it is done, . . . it is the faith that only God can give . . . do not struggle in the power of the will . . . what a mistake to take our belief in God and call of faith . . . Christ, the living word, is our sufficiency . . . (Charles Price, The Real Faith, Logos/publications).

Note: On the distinction between believing (belief), and faith in the Scriptures see Js 2:19; Jn 10:38; Ac 8:13, 26:27,28; Ro 14:2; 2 Thes 2:11; 1 Jn 4:1; also Jn 2:23, 7:31, 12:42 and 4102/pisteuô ("believe").

As in the Gospels, a person's believing (belief) is vital (cf. Heb 11:6). But a personal encounter with Christ (a true connection with Him and His Word) is always necessary for believing ("man's responsibility") to be transformed into faith (which is always and only God's word). See also Mt 8:10,13, 9:22,28,29, 15:28; Ac 20:21; Ro 9:32; Gal 3:9,22.

Summary

Belief and faith are not exactly equivalent terms. When Jesus told people, "Your faith has made you well," faith was still His gift (Eph 2:8,9). Any gift however, once received, becomes the "possession" of the recipient. Faith however is always from God and is purely His work (2 Thes 1:11).

Note: The Greek definite article is uniformly used in the expressions "your faith," "their faith" (which occur over 30 times in the Greek NT). This genitive construction with the article refers to "the principle of faith (operating in) you" – not "your faith" in the sense that faith is ever generated by the recipient.

[The meaning of the definite article in this construction is "the principle of faith at work in you," "the operating-principle of faith in them," etc. For examples see: Mt 9:2,22,29; Lk 17:19; Phil 2:17; 2 Pet 1:5, etc.]

Faith (4102/pistis) involves belief but it goes beyond human believing because it involves the personal revelation (inworking) of God. Faith is always God's work. Our believing has eternal meaning when it becomes "faith-believing" by the transforming grace of God.

Reflection: Demons believe (and shudder) . . . but they do not have (experience) faith!

Js 2:19: "You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder" (NASU).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4102: πίστις

πίστις, πίστεως, ἡ (πείθω (which see)), from (Hesiod, Theognis, Pindar), Aeschylus, Herodotus down; the Sept. for אֱמוּנָה, several times for אֱמֶת and אֲמָנָה; faith; i. e.:
1. conviction of the truth of anything, belief (Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch; θαυμάσια καί μείζω πίστεως, Diodorus 1, 86); in the N. T. of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervor born of faith and conjoined with it: Hebrews 11:1 (where πίστις is called ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις, πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οおみくろんὐ βλεπομένων); opposed to εいぷしろんἶδος, 2 Corinthians 5:7; joined with ἀγάπη and ἐλπίς, 1 Corinthians 13:13.
a. when it relates to God, πίστις is "the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ": Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 13:7; πίστις ἐπί Θεόν, Hebrews 6:1; ἡ πίστις ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー ἡ πρός τόν Θεόν, by which ye turned to God, 1 Thessalonians 1:8; τήν πίστιν ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー καί ἐλπίδα εいぷしろんἰς Θεόν, directed unto God, 1 Peter 1:21; with a genitive of the object (faith in) (τたうῶνにゅー θしーたεいぷしろんῶνにゅー, Euripides, Med. 414; τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Josephus, contra Apion 2, 16, 5; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap. vi., 17f, p. 132; (cf. Meyer on Romans 3:22; also Meyer, Ellicott, Lightfoot on Col. as below; Winer's Grammar, 186 (175))): ἡ πίστις τたうῆς ἐνεργείας τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ τたうοおみくろんῦ ἐγείραντος αあるふぁὐτόν (Christ) ἐκかっぱ τたうῶνにゅー νにゅーεいぷしろんκかっぱρろーῶνにゅー, Colossians 2:12; διά πίστεως, by the help of faith, Hebrews 11:33, 39; κατά πίστιν, equivalent to πιστεύοντες, Hebrews 11:13; πίστει, dative of means or of mode by faith or by believing, prompted, actuated, by faith, Hebrews 11:3f, 7-9, 17, 20-24, 27-29, 31; dative of cause, because of faith, Hebrews 11:5, 11, 30.
b. in reference to Christ, it denotes "a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God" (on this see more at length in πιστεύω, 1 b. γがんま.); αあるふぁ. universally: with the genitive of the object (see above, in a.), Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Romans 3:22; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 3:12; Ἰησοῦ, Revelation 14:12; Χρσιτου, Philippians 3:9; τたうοおみくろんῦ υうぷしろんἱοおみくろんῦ τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Galatians 2:20; τたうοおみくろんῦ κυρίου ἡμみゅーῶνにゅー Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, James 2:1; μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん (i. e. in Christ), Revelation 2:13 (certainly we must reject the interpretation, faith in God of which Jesus Christ is the author, advocated by Van Hengel, Ep. ad Romans 1, p. 314ff, and H. P. Berlage, Disquisitio de formulae Paulinae ψιτις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ signifieatione. Lugd. Bat. 1856); τたうοおみくろんῦ εいぷしろんὐαγγελίου, Philippians 1:27; ἀληθείας, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, with prepositions: εいぷしろんἰς (toward (cf. εいぷしろんἰς, B. II. 2 a.)) τόν κύριον ἡμみゅーῶνにゅー Ἰησοῦνにゅー, Acts 20:21; εいぷしろんἰς Χριστόν, Acts 24:24; Acts 26:18; ἡ εいぷしろんἰς Χριστόν πίστις ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー, Colossians 2:5; (πίστιν ἔχかいεいぷしろんιいおたνにゅー εいぷしろんἰς ἐμέ, Mark 9:42 Tr marginal reading); πρός τόν κύριον, Philemon 1:5 (L Tr WH εいぷしろんἰς) ((see πρός, L 1 c.; cf. Lightfoot at the passage); unless here we prefer to render πίστιν fidelity (see 2, below); cf. Meyer at the passage and Winer's Grammar, § 50, 2); ἐνにゅー πίστει τたうῇ ἐνにゅー Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, reposed in Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 3:13; 2 Timothy 3:15; τήν πίστιν ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー ἐνにゅー Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, Colossians 1:4; ἡ κατά τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ (see κατά, II. 1 e.) πίστις ἐνにゅー τたうῷ κυρίῳ, Ephesians 1:15; ἐνにゅー τたうῷ αあるふぁἵματι αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ, Romans 3:25 (yet cf. Meyer). πίστις (cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114)) and ἡ πίστις simply: Luke 18:8; Acts 13:8; Acts 14:22, 27; Acts 15:9; Acts 17:31; Rom. ( (on which see νόμος, 3)), Romans 3:31; Romans 4:14; Romans 5:2 (L Tr WH brackets τたうῇ πίστει); ; 1 Cor. ( (here of a charism)); ; 2 Corinthians 4:13; (); ; Galatians 3:14, 23, 25; Galatians 5:5; Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 3:17; Ephesians 4:5; Ephesians 6:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 1 Timothy 1:2, 4 (on the latter passive, see οおみくろんἰκονομία), ; (on which see ἀλήθεια, I. 2 c.); ; 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:18; 2 Timothy 3:8, 10; 2 Timothy 4:7; Titus 1:1, 4, 13; Titus 2:2; Titus 3:15; James 2:5; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 1:1, 5. with a genitive of the subject: Luke 22:32; Romans 1:8, 12; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 15:14, 17; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Philippians 1:25; Philippians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 5-7, 10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:2; Philemon 1:6; James 1:3; 1 Peter 1:7, 9 (here WH omits the genitive); 1 John 5:4; Revelation 13:10; πλήρης πιστέω καί πνεύματος, Acts 6:5; πνεύματος καί πίστεως, Acts 11:24; πίστεως καί δυνάμεως, Acts 6:8 Rec.; τたうῇ πίστει ἑστηκεναι, Romans 11:20; 2 Corinthians 1:24; ἐνにゅー τたうῇ πίστει στήκειν, 1 Corinthians 16:13; εいぷしろんἶνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた, 2 Corinthians 13:5; μένειν, 1 Timothy 2:15; ἐμμένειν τたうῇ πίστει, Acts 14:22; ἐπιμένειν, Colossians 1:23; στερεοί τたうῇ πίστει, 1 Peter 5:9; ἐστερεοῦνにゅーτたうοおみくろん τたうῇ πίστει, Acts 16:5; βεβαιοῦμみゅーαあるふぁιいおた ἐνにゅー (L T Tr WH omit ἐνにゅー) τたうῇ πίστει, Colossians 2:7. Since faith is a power that seizes upon the soul, one who yields himself to it is said ὑπακούειν τたうῇ πίστει, Acts 6:7; hence, ὑπακοή τたうῆς πίστεως, obedience rendered to faith (Winer's Grammar, 186 (175)), Romans 1:5; Romans 16:26; ὁ ἐκかっぱ πίστεως namely, ὤνにゅー, depending on faith, equivalent to πιστεύων (see ἐκかっぱ, II. 7), Romans 3:26; plural, Galatians 3:7, 9; ὁ ἐκかっぱ πίστεως Ἀβραάμ, he who has the same faith as Abraham, Romans 4:16; ἐκかっぱ πίστεως εいぷしろんἶνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた, to be related, akin to, faith (cf. ἐκかっぱ, as above), Galatians 3:12. δίκαιος ἐκかっぱ πίστεως, Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; δικαιοσύνην δέ τήν ἐκかっぱ πίστεως, Romans 9:30; ἡ ... ἐκかっぱ πιστηως δικαιοσύνη, Romans 10:6; δικαιοσύνη ... ἐκかっぱ πίστεως εいぷしろんἰς πίστιν, springing from faith (and availing) to (arouse) faith (in those who as yet have it not), Romans 1:17; δικαιοσύνη ἡ διά πίστεως Χριστοῦ, ... ἡ ἐκかっぱ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ δικαιοσύνη ἐπί τたうῇ πίστει, Philippians 3:9; passive, δικαιοῦσθαι πίστει, Romans 3:28; δικαιοῦνにゅー τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ διά πίστεως Χριστοῦ, Galatians 2:16; διά τたうῆς πίστεως, Romans 3:30; δικαιοῦσθαι τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ ἐκかっぱ πίστεως, ibid.; Galatians 3:8; passive, Romans 5:1; Galatians 3:24; εいぷしろんὐαγγελίζομαι τήν πίστιν, to proclaim the glad tidings of faith in Christ, Galatians 1:23; ἀκοή πίστεως, instruction concerning the necessity of faith (see ἀκοή, 3 a.), Galatians 3:2, 5; ἡ πίστις is joined with ἡ ἀγάπη: 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1 Timothy 1:14; 1 Timothy 2:15; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; with a subjunctive genitive Revelation 2:19; πίστις δでるたἰ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη, Galatians 5:6; ἀγάπη μετά πίστεως, Ephesians 6:23; ἀγάπη ἐκかっぱ πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου, 1 Timothy 1:5; πίστις καί ἀγάπη ἡ ἐνにゅー Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, 2 Timothy 1:13; φふぁいιいおたλらむだεいぷしろんῖνにゅー τたうιいおたνにゅーαあるふぁ πίστει, Titus 3:15 (where see DeWette); ἔργον πίστεως (cf. ἔργον, 3, p. 248{b} near the bottom), 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:11. βべーた. in an ethical sense, persuasion or conviction (which springs from faith in Christ as the sole author of salvation; cf. πιστεύω, 1 b. γがんま. at the end) concerning things lawful for a Christian: Romans 14:1, 23; πίστιν ἔχかいεいぷしろんιいおたνにゅー, Romans 14:22.
c. universally, the religious belief of Christians; αあるふぁ. subjectively: Ephesians 4:13, where cf. Meyer; in the sense of a mere acknowledgment of divine things and of the claims of Christianity, James 2:14, 17f, 20, 22, 24, 26. βべーた. objectively, the substance of Christian faith or what is believed by Christians: τたうῇ ἅπぱいαあるふぁξくしー παραδοθείσῃ ... πίστει Jude 1:3; ἡ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー πίστις, Jude 1:20. There are some who think this meaning of the word is to be recognized also in 1 Timothy 1:4, 19; 1 Timothy 2:7; 1 Timothy 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:1, 6; 1 Timothy 5:8; 1 Timothy 6:10, 21 (cf. Pfleiderer, Paulinismus, p. 468 (English translation, ii., p. 200)); but Weiss (Biblical Theol. d. N. T. § 107 a. note) correctly objects, "πίστις is rather the form in which the truth (as the substance of right doctrine) is subjectively appropriated"; (cf. Meyer on Romans 1:5 (and Prof. Dwight's additional note); Ellicott on Galatians 1:23; Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 157).
d. with the predominant idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same: Matthew 8:10; Matthew 15:28; Luke 7:9, 50; Luke 17:5; Hebrews 9:28; Lachmann's stereotyped edition; Hebrews 10:22; James 1:6; with a genitive of the subject: Matthew 9:2, 22, 29; Matthew 15:28; Mark 2:5; Mark 5:34; Mark 10:52; (Luke 5:20); ; with a genitive of the object in which trust is placed: τたうοおみくろんῦ ὀνόματος αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ, Acts 3:16; πίστιν ἔχかいεいぷしろんιいおたνにゅー (Matthew 17:20); ; Mark 4:40; Luke 17:6; πぱいᾶσしぐまαあるふぁνにゅー τήν πίστιν (`all the faith' that can be thought of), 1 Corinthians 13:2; ἔχかいεいぷしろんιいおたνにゅー πίστιν Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, to trust in God, Mark 11:22; ἔχかいεいぷしろんιいおたνにゅー πίστιν τたうοおみくろんῦ σしぐまωおめがθしーたῆνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた, to be healed (see Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 843f; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 44,4{a}; Buttmann, 268 (230))), Acts 14:9; ἡ πίστις δでるたἰ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ, awakened through him, Acts 3:16; εいぷしろんὐχή τたうῆς πίστεως, that proceeds from faith, James 5:15; of trust in the promises of God, Romans 4:9, 16, 19; Hebrews 4:2; Hebrews 6:12; Hebrews 10:38f; with a genitive of the subject, Romans 4:5, 12; πίστις ἐπί Θεόν, faith which relies on God who grants the forgiveness of sins to the penitent (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 g. αあるふぁ.), Hebrews 6:1; δικαιοσύνη τたうῆς πίστεως (cf. Winer's Grammar, 186 (175)), Romans 4:11, 13; ἡ κατά πίστιν δικαιοσύνη, Hebrews 11:7.
2. fidelity, faithfulness, i. e. the character of one who can be relied on: Matthew 23:23; Galatians 5:22; Philemon 1:5 (? see above in b. αあるふぁ.); Titus 2:10. of one who keeps his promises: ἡ πίστις τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, subjunctive genitive, Romans 3:3. objectively, plighted faith (often so in Attic writings from Aeschylus down): ἀθετεῖνにゅー (see ἀθετέω, a.) τήν πίστιν, 1 Timothy 5:12. Cf. especially Koolhaas, Diss. philol. I. et II.de ratio usu et constructione vocum πίστις, πιστόςet πιστεύειν in N. T. (Traj. ad Rhen. 1733, 4to.); Dav. Schulz, Was heisst Glauben, etc. (Leipz. 1830), p. 62ff; Rückert, Com. üb.
d. Röm., 2nd edition, i., p. 51ff; Lutz, Biblical Dogmatik, p. 312ff; Huther, Ueber ζωή u. πιστεύειν im N. T., in the Jahrbb. f. deutsch. Theol. for 1872, pp. 1-33; (Lightfoot's Commentary on Galatians, p. 154ff). On Paul's conception of πίστις, cf. Lipsius, Paulin. Rechtfertigungslehre, p. 94ff; Weiss, Biblical Theol. d. N. T., § 82 c. d. (cf. the index under the word Glaube); Pfleiderer, Paulinismus, p. 162ff (English translation, i., p. 161ff; Schnedermann, De fidel notione ethica Paulina. (Lipsius 1880)). On the idea of faith in the Epistle to the Hebrews see Riehm, Lehrbegr. des Hebrew-Br., p. 700ff; Weiss, as above § 125 b. c. On John's conception, see Reuss, die Johann. Theol. § 10 in the Beiträge zu d. theol. Wissensch. i., p. 56ff (cf. his Histoire de la Theol. Chretienne, etc., 3me edition, ii., p. 508ff (English translation, ii. 455ff)); Weiss, as above § 149, and the same author's Johann. Lehrbegriff, p. 18ff

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
From peitho; persuasion, i.e. Credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself -- assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
see GREEK peitho
Forms and Transliterations
πιστει πίστει πίστεις πίστεσιν πιστεως πίστεως πίστεώς πίστέως πぱいιいおたσしぐまτたうιいおたνにゅー πίστιν πιστις πίστις pistei pístei pisteos pisteōs písteos písteōs písteṓs pistin pístin pistis pístis
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Strong's Greek 4102
243 Occurrences

πίστει — 58 Occ.
πίστεως — 94 Occ.
πίστιν — 55 Occ.
πίστις — 36 Occ.

Matthew 8:10 N-AFS
GRK: οおみくろんὐδでるたεいぷしろんνにゅーὶ τοσαύτην πίστιν ἐνにゅー τたうῷ
NAS: such great faith with anyone
KJV: found so great faith, no, not in
INT: no one so great faith in
Matthew 9:2 N-AFS
GRK: Ἰησοῦς τたうὴνにゅー πίστιν αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー
NAS: Seeing their faith, Jesus
KJV: their faith said
INT: Jesus the faith of them he said
Matthew 9:22 N-NFS
GRK: θύγατερ ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: take courage; your faith has made
KJV: thy faith hath made
INT: daughter the faith of you has cured
Matthew 9:29 N-AFS
GRK: Κかっぱαあるふぁτたうὰ τたうὴνにゅー πίστιν ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー γενηθήτω
NAS: to you according to your faith.
KJV: to your faith be it
INT: According to the faith of you be it
Matthew 15:28 N-NFS
GRK: σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん ἡ πίστις γενηθήτω σしぐまοおみくろんιいおた
NAS: woman, your faith is great;
KJV: great [is] thy faith: be it unto thee
INT: of you the faith be it to you
Matthew 17:20 N-AFS
GRK: ἐὰνにゅー ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον
NAS: you have faith the size
KJV: If ye have faith as a grain
INT: If you have faith as a seed
Matthew 21:21 N-AFS
GRK: ἐὰνにゅー ἔχητε πίστιν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ μみゅーὴ
NAS: you have faith and do not doubt,
KJV: If ye have faith, and doubt
INT: If you have faith and not
Matthew 23:23 N-AFS
GRK: κかっぱαあるふぁὶ τたうὴνにゅー πίστιν τたうαあるふぁῦτたうαあるふぁ δでるたὲ
NAS: and mercy and faithfulness; but these
KJV: mercy, and faith: these ought ye
INT: and faithfulness these moreover
Mark 2:5 N-AFS
GRK: Ἰησοῦς τたうὴνにゅー πίστιν αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー λέγει
NAS: seeing their faith said
KJV: their faith, he said
INT: Jesus the faith of them says
Mark 4:40 N-AFS
GRK: οおみくろんὔπぱいωおめが ἔχετε πίστιν
NAS: have no faith?
KJV: that ye have no faith?
INT: still no Have you faith
Mark 5:34 N-NFS
GRK: Θυγάτηρ ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well;
KJV: Daughter, thy faith hath made thee
INT: Daughter the faith of you has healed
Mark 10:52 N-NFS
GRK: Ὕπαγε ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: to him, Go; your faith has made you well.
KJV: Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee
INT: Go the faith of you has healed
Mark 11:22 N-AFS
GRK: αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῖς Ἔχετε πίστιν θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ
NAS: saying to them, Have faith in God.
KJV: unto them, Have faith in God.
INT: to them Have faith in God
Luke 5:20 N-AFS
GRK: ἰδでるたὼνにゅー τたうὴνにゅー πίστιν αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー
NAS: Seeing their faith, He said, Friend,
KJV: their faith, he said
INT: having seen the faith of them he said
Luke 7:9 N-AFS
GRK: Ἰσραὴλらむだ τοσαύτην πίστιν εいぷしろんὗρろーοおみくろんνにゅー
NAS: have I found such great faith.
KJV: so great faith, no, not
INT: Israel so great faith did I find
Luke 7:50 N-NFS
GRK: γがんまυうぷしろんνにゅーαあるふぁῖκかっぱαあるふぁ Ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: to the woman, Your faith has saved
KJV: the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee;
INT: woman the faith of you has saved
Luke 8:25 N-NFS
GRK: Πぱいοおみくろんῦ ἡ πίστις ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー φοβηθέντες
NAS: to them, Where is your faith? They were fearful
KJV: is your faith? And they being afraid
INT: Where is the faith of you having been afraid
Luke 8:48 N-NFS
GRK: Θυγάτηρ ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well;
KJV: thy faith hath made
INT: Daughter the faith of you has healed
Luke 17:5 N-AFS
GRK: Πρόσθες ἡμみゅーῖνにゅー πίστιν
NAS: to the Lord, Increase our faith!
KJV: Increase our faith.
INT: Give more to us faith
Luke 17:6 N-AFS
GRK: Εいぷしろんἰ ἔχετε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον
NAS: If you had faith like a mustard
KJV: If ye had faith as a grain
INT: If you had faith as a grain
Luke 17:19 N-NFS
GRK: πορεύου ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: up and go; your faith has made you well.
KJV: go thy way: thy faith hath made thee
INT: go forth the faith of you has cured
Luke 18:8 N-AFS
GRK: εいぷしろんὑρήσει τたうὴνにゅー πίστιν ἐπぱいὶ τたうῆς
NAS: will He find faith on the earth?
KJV: shall he find faith on
INT: will he find faith on the
Luke 18:42 N-NFS
GRK: Ἀνάβλεψον ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん σέσωκέν
NAS: to him, Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.
KJV: thy faith hath saved
INT: Receive sight the faith of you has healed
Luke 22:32 N-NFS
GRK: ἐκλίπῃ ἡ πίστις σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん κかっぱαあるふぁὶ
NAS: but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail;
KJV: that thy faith fail not:
INT: might fail the faith of you and
Acts 3:16 N-DFS
GRK: ἐπぱいὶ τたうῇ πίστει τたうοおみくろんῦ ὀνόματος
NAS: And on the basis of faith in His name,
KJV: name through faith in his name
INT: by faith in the name
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