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So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.
2Corinthians 5:6-7
Faith
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persuasion, that is, credencemoral conviction (of religious truth, or the
truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation
abstractly constancy in such professionby extension the system of religious
(Gospel) truth itselfFaith (239), assurance (1), belief (1),
believe (1), believeth (1), fidelity (1)
πιστις – pistis -- Strong’s
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conviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to
God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
relating to Godthe conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all
things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christrelating to Christ
a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God
the religious beliefs of Christiansbelief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether
in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the samefidelity, faithfulness
the character of one who can be relied on
πιστις – pistis -- Thayer’s
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Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phi 1:27; 2Th 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full assurance of faith, in accordance with the evidence on which it rests.
Faith -- Easton’s
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Evangelical, justifying, or saving faith, is the assent of the mind to the truth of divine revelation, on the authority of God's testimony, accompanied with a cordial assent of the will or approbation of the heart; an entire confidence or trust in God's character and declarations, and in the character and doctrines of Christ, with an unreserved surrender of the will to his guidance, and dependence on his merits for salvation. In other words, that firm belief of God's testimony, and of the truth of the gospel, which influences the will, and leads to an entire reliance on Christ for salvation.
Faith -- Webster’s
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Studying the word “faith” in the light of use and contexts, we find a bifurcation of significance in the Bible. We may distinguish the two senses as the passive and the active; on the one side, “fidelity,” “trustworthiness”; and “faith,” “trust,” on the other. In Gal 5:22, e.g. context makes it clear that “fidelity” is in view, as a quality congruous with the associated graces. (the Revised Version (British and American) accordingly renders pistis there by “faithfulness.”) Again, Rom 3:3 the King James Version, “the faith of God,” by the nature of the case, means His fidelity to promise.
Faith -- ISBE
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But in the overwhelming majority of cases, “faith,” as rendering pistis, means “reliance,” “trust.” To illustrate would be to quote many scores of passages. It may be enough here to call attention to the recorded use of the word by our Lord. Of about twenty passages in the Gospels where pistis occurs as coming from His lips, only one (Mt 23:23) presents it in the apparent sense of “fidelity.” All the others conspicuously demand the sense of “reliance,” “trust.” The same is true of the apostolic writings. In them, with rarest exceptions, the words “reliance,” “trust,” precisely fit the context as alternatives to “faith.”
Faith -- ISBE
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Another line of meaning is traceable in a very few passages, where pistis, “faith,” appears in the sense of “creed,” the truth, or body of truth, which is trusted, or which justifies trust. The most important of such places is the paragraph Jam 2:14-26, where an apparent contradiction to some great Pauline dicta perplexes many readers. The riddle is solved by observing that the writer uses “faith” in the sense of creed, orthodox “belief.” This is clear from Jam 2:19, where the “faith.” in question is illustrated: “Thou believest that God is one.” This is the credal confession of the orthodox Jew (the shema‛; see Deu 6:4), taken as a passport to salvation. Briefly, James presses the futility of creed without life, Paul the necessity of reliance in order to receive “life and peace.”
Faith -- ISBE
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Hebrews 11
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2
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Do you“walk by faith” or “by sight”?