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πίστις (pistis)

πίστις (pistis) (Greek Lexicon • G4102 • faith, belief, trust): faith, belief, trust. Primary meaning: faith, belief, trust, confidence. Strong's: 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. Lexical nuances: in active sense, faith , belief , trust , confidence , in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mt 8:10 , Lk 5:20 , Ac 14:9 , Ro 1:8 , I Co 2:5 , II Co 1:24 , I Ti 1:5 , al.; c. gen. obj., Mk 11:22 , Ac 3:16 , Ro 3:22 , Ga 2:16 , Eph 3:12 , Ja 2:1 , al.; c. prep., ἐν , Ro 3:25 , Ga 3:26 , Eph 1:15 , Col 1:24 , I Ti 1:14 3:13 , II Ti 1:13 3:15 , II Pe 1:1 ; εἰς , Ac ... It is closely linked with Papyrus 46 (Chester Beatty II) — 1 Corinthians 13 (IMAGE • manuscripts): Paul's discourse on Love ('Love is patient, love is kind') in early 3rd-century papyrus Greek.

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πίστις

pistis (pístis) [pis'-tis]

G4102 Greek noun feminine 243x

faith, belief, trust

Primary meaning: faith, belief, trust, confidence. Strong's: 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. Lexical nuances: in active sense, faith , belief , trust , confidence , in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mt 8:10 , Lk 5:20 , Ac 14:9 , Ro 1:8 , I Co 2:5 , II Co 1:24 , I Ti 1:5 , al.; c. gen. obj., Mk 11:22 , Ac 3:16 , Ro 3:22 , Ga 2:16 , Eph 3:12 , Ja 2:1 , al.; c. prep., ἐν , Ro 3:25 , Ga 3:26 , Eph 1:15 , Col 1:24 , I Ti 1:14 3:13 , II Ti 1:13 3:15 , II Pe 1:1 ; εἰς , Ac ...

Derivation: from G3982 (πείθω);

Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:

LXX ⇄ H0530

Themes:

soteriology faith covenant

Key Scripture Passages:

MAT.8.10 LUK.5.20 ACT.14.9 ROM.1.8 1CO.2.5 2CO.1.24 1TI.1.5 MRK.11.22

Papyrus 46 (Chester Beatty II) — 1 Corinthians 13

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IMAGE • manuscripts

Paul's discourse on Love ('Love is patient, love is kind') in early 3rd-century papyrus Greek.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0

Codex Vaticanus (B, 03) — Romans 1:1–17

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IMAGE • manuscripts

Paul's thesis of the Gospel: 'The righteous shall live by faith' ( Habakkuk 2:4 quotation).

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0

Babatha Archive — Legal Documents from Cave of Letters

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IMAGE • archaeology

Leather pouch containing 35 legal papyri preserved in the Judean wilderness during the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

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Romans Part 1 (Chapters 1–4)

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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Romans 1 –4 exploring God's righteousness, humanity's universal bondage under sin, and justification by faith in Jesus Christ as fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant.