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==Biblical examples==
==Biblical examples==
Perhaps the greatest description of faith is Hebrews 11:1. It states: "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."<ref>Hebrews 11:1 (NIV).</ref>
Perhaps the greatest description of faith is Hebrews 11:1. It states: "Now faith is being sure of what we [[hope]] for and certain of what we do not see."<ref>Hebrews 11:1 (NIV).</ref>
[[File:St Paul Preaching.jpg|thumb|right|The [[painting]] by Giovanni Ricco (1817-1873) shows Paulus before that "high priest and the advice of the oldest" in Jerusalem where he defends its theology for the moors.]]
[[File:St Paul Preaching.jpg|thumb|right|The [[painting]] by Giovanni Ricco (1817-1873) shows Paulus before that "high priest and the advice of the oldest" in Jerusalem where he defends its theology for the moors.]]
The King James Version expresses this passage as: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The Greek word translated as "substance" is `hupostasis', meaning setting under (support). The Greek word for "evidence" is `elegchos' meaning proof.,<ref>J. Strong, 1890, ''Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible'', Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN.</ref> The Bible thus distinguishes clearly between the ''leap of faith'' of Kirkegaard and a faith based on acknowledgment of the evidence presented by God within our own experiences in this world. Paul, in {{bibleref|Romans|1|17-20}} explains that faith has its basis in the observed expression of God's existence in this universe: "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen...."
The King James Version expresses this passage as: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The Greek word translated as "substance" is `hupostasis', meaning setting under (support). The Greek word for "evidence" is `elegchos' meaning proof.,<ref>J. Strong, 1890, ''Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible'', Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN.</ref> The Bible thus distinguishes clearly between the ''leap of faith'' of Kirkegaard and a faith based on acknowledgment of the evidence presented by God within our own experiences in this world. Paul, in {{bibleref|Romans|1|17-20}} explains that faith has its basis in the observed expression of God's existence in this universe: "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen...."