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94501 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.13
… 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 …
94502 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 …
94503 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.16
… 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 …
94504 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faith.17
… 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 …
94505 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.1
Faithful Sayings
94506 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 …
94507 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.4
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 …
94508 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.5
… 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 …
94509 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.6
… 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 …
94510 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.7
… a faithful saying.
94511 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 …
94512 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful Sayings.9
… the faithful sayings speaks of our former unconverted state, "for we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures. But …
94513 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.1
Faithful; Faithfulness
94514 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.2
Faithful; Faithfulness - fath’-fool, fath’-fool-nes:
94515 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.3
1. Faithfulness of God in the Old Testament
94516 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.4
2. Faithfulness of God in the New Testament
94517 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.6
Faithfulness is a quality or attribute applied in the Scripture to both God and man. This article is limited to the consideration of the Scripture teaching concerning the meaning of faithfulness in its application to God.
94518 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.7
… the Faithfulness of God (see UNCHANGEABLENESS ).
94519 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.8
… denoting faithfulness do not occur. It is implied in the covenant name Yahweh as unfolded in Exodus 3:13 - 15, which not only expresses God’s self-existence …
94520 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Faithful; Faithfulness.9
… adjective--"faithful"--and the nouns ’emeth and ’emunah--"faithfulness." The verbal stem ’aman means "to be secure or firm." In the Qal it denotes the firmness of that …