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Paul writes in Hebrews 3:15, "Today, if you will hear His voice." He is not pressing us to hear the sound of His voice, but to understand what God wants us to learn through what Paul, the preacher, is expounding in his epistle.
It discusses the role of pistis in the covenants which Abraham, Moses, and the Israelites make with God in Genesis and Exodus. It examines Job’s understanding of pistis in his complaint against God, and the shape of the divine–human relationship implicit in God’s response.
Jul 19, 2016 · This study investigates why “faith” (pistis/fides) was so important to early Christians that the concept and praxis dominated the writings of the New Testament.
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The historical context of the Israelites' unbelief serves as a cautionary tale for the readers of Hebrews. since they did not share the faith Faith is the critical element that differentiates those who benefit from the message from those who do not. The Greek word for "faith" is "pistis," which implies trust, belief, and confidence in God.
Jul 25, 2018 · Pistis (lexical form) [noun], Pisteos (possessive version of pistis) - Pistis in most translations is rendered as faith but instead should probably be rendered as vow to faithful relationship as the truer understanding of the word in the early church.
According to Plutarch (Dialogue on Love 769a), physical union is the beginning of philia and pistis between husbands and wives. King David’s friend Hunshai, making overtures to David’s son Absalom in Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities (7.211–12), promises him that if Absalom regards him as his friend, he will show the same pistis and good ...
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While Philo and Josephus emphasize different examples of Israelite-Judean pistis, both are responding to the rising concerns over loyalty and trustworthi-ness that accompany empire, the threat of sedition in diaspora, and Judeans’ location on an ethnic hierarchy generated by (or, at the very least, exploited by) Roman rule.
