SPECIAL TOPIC: THE FAITH (NT)

If the NOUN has no DEFINITE ARTICLE, it could refer to

1. one's personal trust in Christ
2. faithful living (OT sense; see Special Topic: Believe, Trust, Faith and Faithfulness (OT) )
3. the body of Christian doctrine (with the ARTICLE, cf. Acts 6:7; 18:3; 14:22; Gal. 1:23; 3:23; 6:10; Phil. 1:27; Jude 3,20)

Paul uses "faith" to

1. stimulate the faith of those already saved
2. bring those elect from eternity into personal faith ("calling out the called")

In Titus 1:1Paul uses kata several times in the opening chapter.

1. according to faith, Titus 1:1
2. according to piety, Titus 1:1
3. according to the command, Titus 1:3
4. according to common faith, Titus 1:4
5. according to appoint, Titus 1:5 (compound word)
6. according to the teaching, Titus 1:9

Obviously there is a standard of truth and conduct (cf. Titus 3:5,7).

Special Topic: Faith, Believe, or Trust

Special Topic: John's Use of the VERB "Believe"

Special Topic: Orthodoxy in the Pastorals

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