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The faithful sayings (translated as trustworthy saying in the NIV) are sayings in the pastoral epistles of the New Testament. There are five sayings with this label, and the Greek phrase ( πιστος ὁ λογος ) is the same in all instances, although the KJV uses a different word in 1 Timothy 3:1 .
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is: Πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν, Ἔλεον θέλω, καὶ οὐ θυσίαν· οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλ᾿ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
This statement, "O ye of little faith?" Matthew records before the miracle, but Mark and Luke afterwards. MacEvilly notes that the statement was appropriate for, "they had on board the Lord God, whose Divine eye never sleeps." [1] Then Jesus rebukes. In Greek this is ἐπετίμησε which corresponds to the Hebrew גער gaar.
The root of pistis (faith), [22] from a Greek term meaning persuasion, [23] supplies the core-meaning of faith as being "divine persuasion" received from God. In the Bible, it is used to describe both the trustworthy and those believing in God and Jesus Christ, linking the two concepts. [24]
In the Greek language, stephanos (στέφανος) is the word for crown and is translated as such in the Bible, especially in versions descending from the King James Version. [3] These five rewards can be earned by believers, according to the New Testament, as "rewards for faithfulness in this life". [4]
"Jesus is Lord" (Greek: Κύριος Ἰησοῦς, romanized: Kýrios Iēsoûs) is the shortest credal affirmation found in the New Testament, one of several slightly more elaborate variations. [1] It serves as a statement of faith for the majority of Christians who regard Jesus as both fully man and God .
In Greek mythology, Pistis (/ ˈ p ɪ s t ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Πίστις) was the personification of good faith, trust and reliability.In Christianity and in the New Testament, pistis is typically translated as "faith".
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is: ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος, Αὐτὸς τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν ἔλαβε, καὶ τὰς νόσους ἐβάστασεν. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: