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|astxt=[[πίστις]], -εως, ἡ (< [[πείθω]]), [in LXX [[chiefly]] for אֱמוּנָה;] <br /><b class="num">1.</b>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 20:21 24:24 26:18, Col 2:5, I Pe 1:21; [[πρός]], I Th 1:8, Phm 5; [[ἐπί]], c. acc. He 6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν ([[εἶναι]], μένειν), I Co 16:13, I Co 13:5, I Ti 2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Ro 1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Ro 3:26 4:16, Ga 3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Ro 3:30, Ga 2:16, Phl 3:9. By meton., objectively, [[that]] [[which]] is the [[object]] or [[content]] of [[belief]], the [[faith]]: Ac 6:7 14:22, Ga 1:23 3:23 6:10, Phl 1:26, 27 Ju 3, 20, and perhaps [[also]] Ac 13:8 16:5, Ro 1:5 and 16:26 (v. supr.), I Co 16:13, Col 1:23, II Th 3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), I Ti 1:19 3:9 4:1, 6 5:8 6:10, 12, II Ti 3:8 4:7 Tit 1:4, 13 3:15, I Pe 5:9. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>In [[passive]] [[sense]],<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>[[fidelity]], [[faithfulness]]: Mt 23:23, Ga 5:22; ἡ π. [[τοῦ]] θεοῦ, Ro 3:3; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>objectively, plighted [[faith]], a [[pledge]] of [[fidelity]]: I Ti 5:12. (On the [[various]] shades of [[meaning]] in [[which]] the [[word]] is used in NT, v. esp. ICC on Ro 1:17, pp. 31ff.; Lft., Ga., 154ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515ff.; DB, i, 830ff.; Cremer, s.v.)