πίστις

pistis

Greek G4102 Noun, feminine 243 occurrences in 227 verses
πίστις faith

πίστις, -εως, ἡ

(πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמוּנָה ;]

1. in active sense, faith, belief, trust, confidence, in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mat.8:10, Luk.5:20, Act.14:9, Rom.1:8, 1Co.2:5, 2Co.1:24, 1Ti.1:5, al.; with genitive obj., Mrk.11:22, Act.3:16, Rom.3:22, Gal.2:16, Eph.3:12, Jas.2:1, al.; with prep., ἐν, Rom.3:25, Gal.3:26, Eph.1:15, Col.1:24, 1Ti.1:14 3:13, 2Ti.1:13 3:15, 2Pe.1:1; εἰς, Act.20:21 24:24 26:18, Col.2:5, 1Pe.1:21; πρός, 1Th.1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, with accusative Heb.6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1Co.16:13, 1Co.13:5, 1Ti.2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Rom.1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Rom.3:26 4:16, Gal.3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Rom.3:30, Gal.2:16, Php.3:9. By meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Act.6:7 14:22, Gal.1:23 3:23 6:10, Php.1:26, 27 Ju 3, 20, and perh. also Act.13:8 16:5, Rom.1:5 and 16:26 (see supr.), 1Co.16:13, Col.1:23, 2Th.3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), 1Ti.1:19 3:9 4:1, 6 5:8 6:10, 12, 2Ti.3:8 4:7 Tit.1:4, 13 3:15, 1Pe.5:9.

2. In passive sense,

(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Mat.23:23, Gal.5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.3:3;

(b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of fidelity: 1Ti.5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the word is used in NT, see esp. ICC on Rom.1:17, pp. 31ff.; Lft., Ga., 154ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515ff.; DB, i, 830ff.; Cremer, see word)

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Concordance 227 verses

  1. Hebrews 13:7 πίστιν

    Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

  2. James 1:3 πίστεως

    because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

  3. James 1:6 πίστει

    But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

  4. James 2:1 πίστιν

    My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.

  5. James 2:5 πίστει

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

  6. James 2:14 πίστινπίστις

    What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

  7. James 2:17 πίστις

    So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

  8. James 2:18 πίστινπίστινπίστιν

    But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

  9. James 2:20 πίστις

    O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

  10. James 2:22 πίστιςπίστις

    You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

  11. James 2:24 πίστεως

    As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

  12. James 2:26 πίστις

    As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

  13. James 5:15 πίστεως

    And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

  14. 1 Peter 1:5 πίστεως

    who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

  15. 1 Peter 1:7 πίστεως

    so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

  16. 1 Peter 1:9 πίστεως

    now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

  17. 1 Peter 1:21 πίστιν

    Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

  18. 1 Peter 5:9 πίστει

    Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

  19. 2 Peter 1:1 πίστιν

    Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

  20. 2 Peter 1:5 πίστει

    For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

  21. 1 John 5:4 πίστις

    because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

  22. Jude 1:3 πίστει

    Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

  23. Jude 1:20 πίστει

    But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

  24. Revelation 2:13 πίστιν

    I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

  25. Revelation 2:19 πίστιν

    I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.

  26. Revelation 13:10 πίστις

    “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

  27. Revelation 14:12 πίστιν

    Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

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