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94442 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.5

3. Faith in the Sense of Creed

94443 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.9

… rendering, "faithfulness." In the New Testament it is of very frequent occurrence, always representing pistis, with one exception in the King James Version …

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… of faith, as that which, on man's side, unites him to God for salvation.

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… by "faithfulness.") Again, Romans 3:3 the King James Version, "the faith of God," by the nature of the case, means His fidelity to promise. But in the overwhelming majority …

94446 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.12

3. Faith in the Sense of Creed: Another line of meaning is traceable in a very few passages, where pistis, "faith," appears in the sense of "creed," the truth, or body …

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… that "faith" normally means "reliance," "trust." There "Faith is the substance (or possibly, in the light of recent inquiries into the type of Greek used by New Testament …

94448 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.14

… ," "good faith," while in classical Greek it not rarely bears the active sense, "trust." In the koine, the type of Greek universally common at the Christian era, it seems …

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… of faith in Christianity, and its significance. As being, in its true idea, a reliance as simple as possible upon the word, power, love, of Another, it is precisely …

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… of "faith" in Scripture, we may note that this precisely corresponds to its meaning in common life, where, for once that the word means anything else, it means …

94452 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.2

Faithful Sayings - sa'-inz (pistos ho logos): "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation" (the King James Version). These words form a striking formula …

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Paul's faithful sayings are thus five in number, and "were no doubt rehearsed constantly in the assemblies, till they became well-known watchwords in the …

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… the faithful sayings speaks of the pre-existence of Christ, of His coming into the world, and the purpose why He came is distinctly stated--to save the lost, irrespective …

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… the faithful sayings refers to the work of being a minister of the gospel, a work then so full of danger and always full of difficulty. The office in question …

94457 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.8

… the faithful sayings speaks of the Christian believer's union with Christ, and of the blessedness of that union. The Christian is "dead with Christ," he "suffers …

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… the faithful sayings speaks of our former unconverted state, "for we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures. But …

94460 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.2

Faithful; Faithfulness - fath'-fool, fath'-fool-nes: