2 CORINTHIANS

Second Corinthians 

1: 1:24a  πίστεως "faith" (Root: πιστευω, noun, genitive, singular, feminine)

2. 1:24b  πίστεως "faith" (Root: πιστευω, noun, genitive, singular, feminine)

Paul states that he does not want to lord it over the Corinthians, but work with them. The use of the word faith in verse 24 is to be understood as a reference to their position in Christ.  Their faith is to say their trust in Christ, and their adherence to the pure doctrine Paul has taught them. The content of their faith is embodied in the information that makes up the reason and result of Christ in their lives. Paul informed them that his intention to come to Chrinth had changed. "15 In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, .." The definite article (the -  τῆς)  that precedes "faith" in these verses, including 4:13, is to be understood as an instrumental, the tool, instrument, or manner by which an action is performed. Their faith is the result of the Biblical requirement of faith by which a person is saved through "faith." We could say their faith is realized by the manner in which the action, "believing," is performed.  Sounds mechanical, but the idea is "through faith" they are now in Christ, which is labeled "their faith." When Paul uses this form of communication, he is simply referring to their position in Christ. When we read this, it is again how we are to understand our position in Christ, our faith.  As a believer, your faith, your position in Christ. 

3 4:13a  πίστεως "faith" (Root: πιστευω, noun, genitive, singular, feminine). In this verse, Paul uses this word and then uses the following verb forms, aorist and present. 

​4. 4:13b Ἐπίστευσα (Root: πιστευω, verb, aorist, active, indicative, first person, singular) - translated "I believed." The aorist tense is an action that is completed sometime in the past, yet ongoing. Let's call it a state of being; it happened and remains. 

5. 4:13c πιστεύομεν (Root: πιστευω, verb, present, active, indicative, first person, singular)  

6. 5:7  πιστευω being the root itself of πίστις (Root: πιστευω, LN: 31.104; noun, genitive, singular, feminine ) "Root is to be understood as the core meaning of a word, its root meaning. 

7. 6:14-15a  ἀπίστοις - unbelievers, (Root: πιστευω, adjective, dative, plural, masculine). You will notice that I have distinguished the negative prefix with the word to illustrate that it negates the word it is affiliated with. T

8.  6:14-15b πιστῷ "believer" (Root: πιστευω, adjective, dative, singular, masculine)

9. 6:14-15c ἀπίστου "believer" (Root: πιστευω, adjective, genitive, plural, masculine).

8. 8:7 πίστει "faith" (Root: πιστευω, noun, dative, singular, feminine) Paul lists three things in this verse: faith, utterance, and knowledge.  All three are preceded by the words." "But just as you abound in everything, in."  Faith in this verse is a reference to their position in Christ and that they are abounding in it as well as in their conversation and understanding, "knowledge." We would say" they are growing in Christ and maturing both in their knowledge and speech. When they speak, they speak correctly, in keeping with what God's word teaches. 

9. 10:15  πίστεως "faith" (Root: πιστευω, noun, genitive, singular, feminine). 

10. 13:5 πίστει (Root: πιστευω, noun, dative, singular, feminine)

The word "faith" in 2 Corinthians is found ten times, in three forms: nouns, verbs, and adjectives. 

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