[B-Greek] faith and faithfulness

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 8 16:35:38 EDT 2005


While we have two different English words, "faith" and "faithfulness," which have rather distinct 
meanings, the Greek PISTIS could mean either. Hence, the problems with translating PISTIS 
CRISTOU are not just with respect to what kind of genitive it is, but also about what is the 
intended meaning of PISTIS. That is what the NET Bible is discussing.
 
So you have:
 
Christ's faith (faith and subjective genitive)
Faith in Christ (faith and objective genitive)
Christ's faithfulness (faithfulness and subjective genitive)
 
as English translation options/possibilities.
 
 


Eric S. Weiss


		
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