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NASB | Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality--faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. |
Subject: Define Faith. |
Bible Note: Lionstrong, I am not quite sure what you are driving at but faith in and of it's self doesn't mean anything, it's the object of faith that is important. You could have the strongest faith in the world but if the object if faulty you are in big trouble. Do you remember the challenger tragedy, when all those young brave individuals were getting on the space shuttle; they were all smiling and laughing and had the greatest amount of faith in that space craft, but it was faulty and ended up killing all of them. Was the problem with their faith or the object? The same is true Biblically speaking with regards to believers in Jesus Christ. John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. That verse answers both sides of your question. Do you remember the old adage, seeing is believing well that is true but the words (have believed) in the Greek is the aorist, active, nominative participle of the verb PISTEUSANTES which in effect is saying that believing is seeing because the action of the aorist participle always precedes the action of the main verb. |