For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
πίστις
Vocabulary form:
pivstiV, pivstewV, hJ
Definition:
faith, belief, faithfulness
Frequency:
243
GK:
4411
Root:
pisti
Cognates:
Pistology is the study of faith.
Mnemonic Singing:
Faith is the victory, faith is the victory,
O glorious victory that overcomes the world.
O glorious victory that overcomes the world.
Biblical Concordance
1 Timothy 6:10 | For a root of all kinds of evils is the love of money, by which some, by their craving, were led astray from the faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) and have pierced themselves with many pains. |
1 Timothy 6:11 | But you, man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem), love, endurance, gentleness. |
1 Timothy 6:12 | Fight the good fight of the faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem). Seize hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and about which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses. |
1 Timothy 6:21 | for by professing it, some have swerved from the faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem). Grace be with you. |
2 Timothy 1:5 | because I remember your sincere faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem), which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am confident that it is also in you. |
2 Timothy 1:13 | Hold to the pattern of healthy words that you have heard from me in the faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) and the love that is in Christ Jesus. |
2 Timothy 2:18 | who have swerved from the truth, saying the resurrection has already occurred, and they are upsetting the faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem) of some. |
2 Timothy 2:22 | So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem), love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a clean heart. |
2 Timothy 3:8 | But just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men are opposing the truth, men who have been corrupted in the mind, worthless concerning the faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem). |
2 Timothy 3:10 | But you followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem), my patience, my love, my steadfastness, |
2 Timothy 3:15 | and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) that is in Christ Jesus. |
2 Timothy 4:7 | The good fight I have fought, the race I have completed, the faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem) I have kept. |
Titus 1:1 | Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem) of the elect of God and the knowledge of the truth that produces godliness, |
Titus 1:4 | to Titus, a true son in a common faith: (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem) Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. |
Titus 1:13 | This testimony is true, for which reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may be healthy in the faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem), |
Titus 2:2 | Older men should be clear-minded, dignified, self-controlled, healthy in faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem), in love, and in steadfastness. |
Titus 2:10 | not pilfering but showing completely good faithfulness (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem) so that they might adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things. |
Titus 3:15 | All those with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem). Grace be with all of you. |
Philemon 1:5 | because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem) in the Lord Jesus. |
Philemon 1:6 | And I pray that the sharing of your faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing that belongs to us in Christ. |
Hebrews 4:2 | For we also had good news proclaimed to us just as they did; but the word they heard did not benefit those who were not united with those who listened in faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) |
Hebrews 6:1 | Therefore let us leave standing the elementary teaching about Christ and let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) in God, |
Hebrews 6:12 | so that you will not be lazy, but imitators of those who by faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) and perseverance inherit the promises. |
Hebrews 10:22 | let us continue to draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem), since our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with clean water. |
Hebrews 10:38 | But my righteous one will live by faithfulness (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem). But should he shrink back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.” |
Hebrews 10:39 | But we are not of those who shrink back and are lost, but are of those who are faithful (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) and so preserve their soul. |
Hebrews 11:1 | Now faith (pistis | πίστις | nom sg fem) is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
Hebrews 11:3 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not brought into being from anything observable. |
Hebrews 11:4 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which faith he was attested as righteous, God himself showing his approval by accepting his gifts. And though he died, he still speaks through his faith. |
Hebrews 11:5 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him. For before he was taken he had been approved as one who had been pleasing to God, |
Hebrews 11:6 | and without faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
Hebrews 11:7 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Noah, having been warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and built an ark for the safety of his household. By this act of faith he condemned humanity and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem). |
Hebrews 11:8 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would receive as an inheritance. He set out even though he did not know where he was going. |
Hebrews 11:9 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) he migrated to the land he had been promised, as to a foreign land, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise, |
Hebrews 11:11 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Abraham was enabled to become a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise. |
Hebrews 11:13 | These all died in faith (pistin | πίστιν | acc sg fem), without receiving the fulfillment of the promises, but they saw them from a distance and greeted them. They acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles in the land. |
Hebrews 11:17 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Abraham, when he was being tested, offered up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promises was offering his only son, |
Hebrews 11:20 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Isaac invoked blessings on Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. |
Hebrews 11:21 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff. |
Hebrews 11:22 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Joseph, at the end of his life, spoke about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions regarding the burial of his bones. |
Hebrews 11:23 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was an extraordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. |
Hebrews 11:24 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Moses, when he was grown up, disdained to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, |
Hebrews 11:27 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he endured as though seeing the one who is invisible. |
Hebrews 11:28 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not touch their firstborn. |
Hebrews 11:29 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried, they were drowned. |
Hebrews 11:30 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. |
Hebrews 11:31 | By faith (pistei | πίστει | dat sg fem) Rahab the prostitute did not perish with the unbelievers, because she had received the spies with peace. |
Hebrews 11:33 | who through faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem) conquered kingdoms, brought about justice, obtained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, |
Hebrews 11:39 | and although they all had received commendation for their faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem), they did not receive what had been promised, |
Hebrews 12:2 | fixing our gaze upon Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith (pisteōs | πίστεως | gen sg fem), who rather than the joy set before him endured a cross, disregarding its shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. |