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Chapter 3 - The believers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Paul Trebilco
Paul Trebilco
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University of Otago, New Zealand
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Introduction

In the NT, ‘Christians’ are designated as ‘believers’ seventy-nine times, with the present, aorist, or perfect participle from πιστεύω being used substantively sixty-five times and the adjective πίστος being used substantively fourteen times. I will generally refer to these as ‘believer-designations’. We have the following distribution, given in this way: uses of participle + uses of adjective = total: Synoptics: 4 + 0 = 4; John: 21 + 0 = 21; Acts: 12 + 3 = 15; Paul: 17 + 2 = 19; Ephesians: 1 + 1 = 2; Pastorals: 1 + 7 = 8; Hebrews: 1 + 0 = 1; 1 Peter: 2 + 0 = 2; 1 John: 5 + 0 = 5; Jude: 1 + 0 = 1; Revelation: 0 + 1 = 1.

Strongly influenced by the LXX, πιστεύω in the NT means ‘believe (in)’, ‘trust’, ‘entrust’, and ‘be confident about’, while πιστός means ‘trustworthy, faithful, dependable, inspiring trust/faith’, ‘trusting’.

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Self-designations and Group Identity in the New Testament , pp. 68 - 121
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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  • The believers
  • Paul Trebilco, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Self-designations and Group Identity in the New Testament
  • Online publication: 05 December 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003438.004
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  • Paul Trebilco, University of Otago, New Zealand
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  • Paul Trebilco, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Book: Self-designations and Group Identity in the New Testament
  • Online publication: 05 December 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003438.004
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