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== BDAG LEXICON on Faith (Bauer-Danker-Arndt-Gingrich) abbridged ==

== BDAG LEXICON on Faith (Bauer-Danker-Arndt-Gingrich) abbridged ==

'''[Note under pistis below how one meaning is proof, and never is a meaning given for "belief without evidence," which is unfortunately the degenerated meaning now popular in English.]'''

 

'''[Note under pistis below how one meaning is <span style="color:red">'''proof'''</span>, and never is a meaning given for "belief without evidence," which is unfortunately the degenerated meaning now popular in English.]'''

ABBREVIATIONS of BDAG:

ABBREVIATIONS of BDAG:

b. a solemn promise to be faithful and loyal, assurance, oath, troth

b. a solemn promise to be faithful and loyal, assurance, oath, troth

c. a token offered as a guarantee of someth. promised, <big>'''proof'''</big> pledge  

c. a token offered as a guarantee of someth. promised, <span style="color:red"><big>'''proof'''</big></span> pledge  

2. state of believing on the basis of the reliability of the one trusted, trust, confidence, faith in the active sense=‘believing’, . . . in our lit. directed toward God and Christ, their revelations, teachings, promises, their power and readiness to aid.

2. state of believing on the basis of the reliability of the one trusted, trust, confidence, faith in the active sense=‘believing’, . . . in our lit. directed toward God and Christ, their revelations, teachings, promises, their power and readiness to aid.

a. God: πίστις θεοῦ  faith, trust, confidence in God. . .  

a. God: πίστις θεοῦ  faith, trust, confidence in God. . .