πίστις

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: Matthew 8:10, Luke 5:20, Acts 14:9, Romans 1:8, 1 Corinthians 2:5, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Timothy 1:5, al.; with genitive obj., Mark 11:22, Acts 3:16, Romans 3:22, Galatians 2:16, Ephesians 3:12, James 2:1, al.; with prep., ἐν, Romans 3:25, Galatians 3:26, Ephesians 1:15, Colossians 1:24, 1 Timothy 1:14; 3:13, 2 Timothy 1:13; 3:15, 2 Peter 1:1; εἰς, Acts 20:21; 24:24; 26:18, Colossians 2:5, 1 Peter 1:21; πρός, 1 Thessalonians 1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, with accusative Hebrews 6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1 Corinthians 16:13, 1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Timothy 2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Romans 1:5; 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Romans 3:26; 4:16, Galatians 3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Romans 3:30, Galatians 2:16, Philippians 3:9. By meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Acts 6:7; 14:22, Galatians 1:23; 3:23; 6:10, Philippians 1:26, 27, Jude 3,20, and perh. also Acts 13:8; 16:5, Romans 1:5, Romans 16:26 (see supr.), 1 Corinthians 16:13, Colossians 1:23, 2 Thessalonians 3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), 1 Timothy 1:19; 3:9; 4:1, 6; 5:8, 1 Timothy 6:10, 12, 2 Timothy 3:8; 4:7, Titus 1:4, 13; 3:15, 1 Peter 5:9.

2. In passive sense,

(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Matthew 23:23, Galatians 5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Romans 3:3;

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