Obedience— Disobedience (rebellion),
Belief— Disbelief,
Fear (reverence unto),
Hope— Hopelessness,
Faith/Trust (or lack of)—
Unbelief and Doubt
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Believe— accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of, accept the statement of (someone) as true, have faith, especially religious faith, feel sure that someone is capable of doing something, hold something— think or suppose.
Synonyms— be convinced by, trust, have confidence in, consider honest, consider truthful, regard as true, accept as true, give credence to, credit— give credit to, put confidence in, count on— rely on, depend on, swallow something hook Line and sinker, go for, Buy, take as gospel.
H539 – Believe
Hebrew: אמן
Transliteration: 'âman
Pronunciation: aw-man'
Definition: A primitive root; properly— to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render or be— firm or faithful, to trust or {believe} to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (in ; by interchange for H541) to go to the right hand: - hence assurance, believe, bring up, establish + be faithful (of long continuance), turn to the right.
Morally— with reference to the principles of right and wrong behavior— of human conduct and character— holding and manifesting high principles, a way that is considered right according to the code of behavior; root definition— late Middle English: from Latin moralis, from mos, mor- ‘custom’, (plural) mores ‘morals’.
H4100 – Believe
Greek: πιστεύω
Transliteration: pisteuō
Pronunciation: pist-yoo'-o
Definition: From G4102; to have faith (in upon or with respect to a person or thing) that is credit; by implication to entrust (especially one´ s spiritual well being to Christ): put in trust with.
G4102 – Believe
Greek: πίστις
Transliteration: pistis
Pronunciation: pis'-tis
Definition: From G3982; persuasion— that is credence; moral conviction (of religious truth or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher) especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Credit— the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment— based on the trust that payment will be made in the future, an entry recording a sum received, listed on the right-hand side or column of an account, public acknowledgment or praise, typically that given or received when a person's responsibility for an action or idea becomes or is made apparent; root definition— mid 16th century, originally in the senses ‘belief’, ‘credibility’: from French crédit, probably via Italian credito from Latin creditum, neuter past participle of credere ‘believe, trust’.
Persuasion— convincing someone to believe something, cause (someone) to do something through reasoning; root definition— late 15th century: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.
Credence— belief in or acceptance of something as true, the likelihood of something being true— a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist (bread and wine) before they are consecrated; root definition— Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credent- ‘believing’, from the verb credere .
Hebrews 11:6
“But without faith [persuasion/credence/conviction, reliance on Christ, constancy and truth itself with assurance] —it is impossible [unable and impotent/powerless] to please him: for he that comes to God— must believe that he is, and he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him.”
Hebrews 10:39
“We are not of them who draw back [are timid and shrink back into apostasy— ] unto perdition [ruin or loss, spiritual or eternal pernicious— harmful effect in a gradual or subtle way: destructive ruin and death, waste]; but of them that believe [persuasion/credence/conviction, reliance on Christ, constancy and truth itself with assurance] —it is impossible [unable and impotent/powerless]— to the saving [acquisition— act of obtaining something— acquiring it, preservation and purchased possession] of the soul [spirit, heart, life/mind of you].”
John 6:53
“Then Jesus said unto them— “Verily, verily I say unto you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man (bread), and drink His blood (wine) —you have no life in you.”
G571 – Disbelief
Greek: ἄπιστος
Transliteration: apistos
Pronunciation: ap'-is-tos
Definition: From G1 (as a negative particle) and G4103; (actively) disbelieving —that is— without Christian faith (specifically a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy (person) or incredible (thing): - that believes not, faithless, incredible thing, infidel, unbeliever (-ing).
Incredible— impossible to believe; root definition— late Middle English: from Latin incredibilis, from in- ‘not’ + credibilis (see credible).
Credible— able to be believed— convincing, capable of persuading people that something will happen or be successful; root definition— late Middle English: from Latin credibilis, from credere ‘believe’.
Infidel— adhering to a religion other than one’s own; root definition— late 15th century: from French infidèle or Latin infidelis, from in- ‘not’ + fidelis ‘faithful’ (from fides ‘faith’, related to fidere ‘to trust’). The word originally denoted a person of a religion other than one's own, specifically a Muslim (to a Christian), a Christian (to a Muslim), or a Gentile (to a Jew).
G569 – Believe Not
Greek: ἀπιστέω
Transliteration: apisteō
Pronunciation: ap-is-teh'-o
Definition: From G571; to ‘be’ unbelieving that is (transitively) disbelieve or (by implication) disobey: - believe not.
Obey— comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law) —submit to the authority of, carry out a command or instruction, behave in accordance with general principle or law; root definition— Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.
Obstinate— stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action— despite attempts to persuade one to do so; root definition— Middle English: from Latin obstinatus, past participle of obstinare ‘persist’.
Opposition— resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument, a group of adversaries or competitors, a contrast or antithesis, late Middle English: from Latin oppositio(n- ), from opponere ‘set against’.
Fear— an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat, a feeling of anxiety concerning the outcome of something or the safety and well-being of someone, the likelihood something unwelcome will happen, apprehension; root definition— ld English fǣr ‘calamity, danger’, fǣran ‘frighten’, also ‘revere’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gevaar and German Gefahr ‘danger’.
H3374 – Fear
Hebrew: יראה
Transliteration: yir'âh
Pronunciation: yir-aw'
Definition: Feminine of H3373; fear; morally reverent: - X {dreadful} X {exceedingly} fear (-fulness).
H6343 – Fear
Hebrew: פּחד
Transliteration: pachad
Pronunciation: pakh'-ad
Definition: From H6342; a (sudden) alarm (properly the object —feared} by implication the feeling): - dread ({-ful}) {fear} (thing) great {[fear} -ly {feared]} terror.
Dread— anticipate with great apprehension or fear, regarded with awe— greatly revered.
Joshua 10:8
“And the LORD said unto Joshua— Fear them not: for I have delivered them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you.”
Joshua 24:14
“Now therefore— fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the ‘gods’ which your fathers served, on the other side of the flood [stream, the river], and in Egypt; and serve the LORD.”
2 Samuel 23:3
“The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me— He who rules over men— Just; and ruling by the fear of God.”
Psalms 2:11
“Serve the LORD [self existent eternal one— Jehovah] with fear, and rejoice with trembling.”
Psalms 25:14
“The secret [company of persons in close deliberation, intimate consultations, counsels— secret counsels] of the LORD is with them who fear him; and he will show them his covenant [compact— passing between flesh, confederacy and league with].”
Proverbs 1:7
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge [awares]: but fools [perverse men] despise [disrespect] wisdom [good sense] and instruction [chastisement, reproof, warning or instructions— also, restraint, discipline].”
Psalms 34:18
“The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.”
Amos 3:8
“The lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken, who can prophesy [inspired speech].”
Joel 2:21
“Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.”
Malachi 4:2
“Unto you who fear my name, shall the Sun [brilliance of the east, rays and battlement— ramparts for defense, and windows] of righteousness [rightness, rectitude (morally correct behavior— right and straight), virtue, and prosperity] arise [radiate and appear, shoot forth], with healing [cure, deliverance, remedy, placidity— calm, quiet, undisturbed, feelings, free from stress or emotion, peace of mind, steady] in his wings [pinnacle— most successful culminating point or wingtip, overspreading skirt]; and you shall go forth [proceed], and grow up [spread selves, grow fat] as calves [frisking around] of the stall [tied and fatted].”
Psalms 27:3
“Though a host should encamp against me— my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this— I will be confident [refuge of trust, surety, being bold, no cares, make to hope, make to trust].”
Hope— a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen, a person or thing that may help or save someone (remember the definition of believe, below), grounds for believing that something good may happen, a feeling of trust, want something to happen or be the case, intend if possible to do something; ‘hope against hope—’ cling to a mere possibility.
H4100 – Believe
Greek: πιστεύω
Transliteration: pisteuō
Pronunciation: pist-yoo'-o
Definition: From G4102; to have faith (in upon or with respect to a person or thing) that is credit; by implication to entrust (especially one´ s spiritual well being to Christ): put in trust with.
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H8615 – Hope
Hebrew: תּקוה
Transliteration: tiqvâh
Pronunciation: tik-vaw'
Definition: From H6960; literally a cord (as an attachment— compare H6961)); figuratively expectancy: - expectation ({[-ted]}) {hope} {live} that thing that I long for.
Joshua 2:18 & 21
“Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line [H8615] of scarlet thread in the window —which you did let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brethren, and all your father's household— home unto you.
And she said— According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line [thread, same H8615, for Hope uses] in the window.”
*The scarlet thread of hope— expectation and confident promise.
Job 4:6
“Your fear, your confidence, your hope [cords of expectancy, the thing I long for] —and the uprightness [complete innocence, integrity, perfectness —at venture— adventure and risk] of your ways.”
Job 6:8
“Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant the thing that I long for [H8615 – Hope for]!”
Psalms 9:18
“For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation [H8615— Hope] of the poor shall not perish forever.”
Psalms 62:5
“My soul waits [rests and forebears] only upon you God; for my expectation [H8615 –Hope] is from him.”
Psalms 71:5
“For you are my hope, O Lord GOD: you are my trust from my youth.”
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the LORD— thoughts of peace [welfare, prosperity and wholeness], and not of evil— to give you an expected [H8615— hopeful, with attached cords] end.”
Zechariah 9:12
“Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope [cords of attached expectancy— unto the thing I long for]: even to day do I declare that I will render [recompense] double [twice as much] unto thee.”
Proverbs 19:18
“Chasten your son while there is hope [H8615— cords that attach], and let not your soul spare for his crying.”
Do you have a seared conscience?
1 Timothy 4:2
“...having their conscience seared with a hot iron…”
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Jeremiah 18:12
“And they said— There is no hope [H2976]: so we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one of us— do the imagination of his evil heart.”
H2976 – No Hope
Hebrew: יאשׁ
Transliteration: yâ'ash
Pronunciation: yaw-ash'
Definition: A primitive root; to {desist} that {is} (figuratively) to despond —dejected, lose confidence —give up, abandon promise: - (cause to) despair —one that is {desperate} be of no hope.
G1680 – Hope
Greek: ἐλπίς
Transliteration: elpis
Pronunciation: el-pece'
Definition: Fromἔλπω elpō which is a primary word —to anticipate with pleasure; expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: - faith hope.
Acts 2:26
“Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also— my flesh shall rest in hope [confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure].”
Romans 5:3-5
“We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; And patience [cheerful endurance and constancy]— experience; and experience— hope [G1680 —confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure] And hope [G1680 —confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure] makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts— by the Holy Ghost— which is given unto us.”
Romans 8:24
“For we are saved [delivered and protected, made whole] by hope [G1680 —confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure], but hope that is SEEN, is not hope [G1680 —confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure]: for what a man SEES, why does he yet hope for it?”
Romans 15:13
“Now the God of hope [G1680 —confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure] fill you with all joy and peace in believing [having faith in or upon, with respect to Christ, crediting him, entrusting one’s spiritual well being to him], that you may abound in hope [G1680 —confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure], through [fixed position] — the power [force of miraculous power, miracles themselves, working] of the Holy Ghost.”
H4009 – Hope
Hebrew: מבטח
Transliteration: mibţâch
Pronunciation: mib-tawkh'
Definition: From H982; properly a refuge— that is (objectively) security or (subjectively) assurance: - confidence, sure trust.
Jeremiah 17:7
“Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope [H4009— confidence, assurance, security and refuge] —the LORD is.”
Proverbs 14:26
“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence [security, refuge, assurance— sure trust]: and his children shall have a place of refuge [shelter, in hope and trust].”
1 John 3
“Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us— that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved— now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear— we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that has this hope [G1680— confident expectation, and anticipated with pleasure] in him, purifies [cleans and sanctifies morally, in purity] himself [thine own self] —even as [just inasmuch, and according to even] he (God) is pure [clean, innocent, modest, perfect, and chaste].”
1 Peter 1:13-16
“Wherefore gird up [afresh] the loins [procreative power] of your mind [deep thought, faculties (mind or its disposition), exercise imagination and understanding], be sober [discreet— careful not to cause offense, separate and discern], and hope [G1679 —expect and confide— intimate matters shared in trust— placed trust, full trust] to the end [completion, without wavering]—
for the grace [graciousness in gratifying in manner and actions— literal or figurative, divine influence upon the heart, its reflection in life, benefit, favor, liberality, pleasure, gratitude] that is to be brought unto you at the revelation [disclosure and appearing— coming in like lightning, manifestation] of Jesus Christ;
As [in this manner] obedient children [attentive, hearkening in compliance and submission, children— produce of God], not fashioning yourselves according to [conforming alike to the same pattern of] the former [previous] lusts [longing of what is forbidden desires] —in [fixed position or state, resting in] your ignorance (lack of knowledge or information):
But as [joined about] he who has called [bid you forth, named] you is holy [sacred, pure morally, blameless and ceremonially consecrated— a saint], so be [become] ye holy [sacred, pure morally, blameless and ceremonially consecrated— a saint] in all manner of conversation [behavior]; Because it is written— Be [become] holy [sacred, pure morally, blameless and ceremonially consecrated— a saint] —for I am holy [sacred, pure morally, blameless and ceremonially consecrated— a saint.”
Romans 8 — “But if the Spirit of him who raised up Christ from the dead dwells in you…”
G1453 — Raised Up
Greek: ἐγείρω
Transliteration: egeirō
Pronunciation: eg-i'-ro
Definition: akin to the base of G58 —through the idea of collecting one’s faculties; to waken —that is rouse (literally from sleep from sitting or lying from disease from death; or figuratively from obscurity inactivity, ruins, nonexistence): awaken, lift (up), raise (again up), rear up, arise, stand, take up.
Unbelief— absence of faith.
G570 – Unbelief
Greek: ἀπιστία
Transliteration: apistia
Pronunciation: ap-is-tee'-ah
Definition: From G571; faithlessness, that is (negatively) disbelief (want of Christian faith— not having it) or (positively) unfaithfulness, disobedience.
Matthew 13:58
“And he did not do many mighty works there— because of their unbelief.”
Mark 6:6
“And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around about the villages— teaching.”
Mark 16:14
“Afterwards he appeared unto the eleven, as they sat a meat— and he upbraided [defamed, railed, chided, reproached] them with their unbelief [faithlessness and want of Christian faith, unfaithfulness and disobedience], and hardness of heart [destitute of spiritual perception]— because they believed not [had faith not, trusted not, credited him not] those who had seen him, after he was risen.”
Romans 4:20
“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith— giving glory to God.”
Romans 11:20-21
“Well— because of unbelief, they (Jews, and the branches) were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not high minded— but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches— take heed— lest he also spare not you.”
G543 – Unbelief
Greek: ἀπείθεια
Transliteration: apeitheia
Pronunciation: ap-i'-thi-ah
Definition: From G545; disbelief (obstinate and rebellious): disobedience unbelief.
Hebrews 4:11
“Let us labor therefore, to enter into that rest— lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief [G543— obstinate and rebellious disobedience].”
Obstinate— stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action— despite attempts to persuade one to do so; root definition— Middle English: from Latin obstinatus, past participle of obstinare ‘persist’.
Doubt— a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction, disbelieve a person at their word, Middle English: from Old French doute (noun), douter (verb), from Latin dubitare ‘hesitate’, from dubius ‘doubtful’ (see dubious).
Dubious— hesitating or doubting, not relying upon, suspect, questionable; root definition— mid 16th century: from Latin dubiosus, from dubium ‘a doubt’, neuter of dubius ‘doubtful’.
Conviction— firmly held belief, firmly convinced, (see convinced).
Convinced— cause someone to believe in the truth of something, persuade to do; root definition— mid 16th century —in the sense ‘overcome, defeat in argument’: from Latin convincere, from con- ‘with’ + vincere ‘conquer’.
G1365 – Doubt
Greek: διστάζω
Transliteration: distazō
Pronunciation: dis-tad'-zo
Definition: From G1364 properly— to duplicate; that is mentally to waver in opinion.
Matthew 14:31
“And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him (Peter, sinking), and said— O you of little faith, wherefore (why) did you doubt [mentally waver]?”
G1252 – Doubt
Greek: διακρίνω
Transliteration: diakrinō
Pronunciation: dee-ak-ree'-no
Definition: From G1223 and G2919; to separate thoroughly —that is (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from or (by implication) oppose; figuratively to discriminate, (by implication decide) or (reflexively) HESITATE: - contend with, make to differ (-ence), stagger or waver.
Discriminate— and an unjust or prejudged distinction, make a distinction in differing; root definition— early 17th century: from Latin discriminat- ‘distinguished between’, from the verb discriminare, from discrimen ‘distinction’, from the verb discernere (see discern).
Discern— perceive, recognize; root definition— late Middle English: via Old French from Latin discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’.
Hesitate— pause before saying or doing something, especially through uncertainty— reluctant (unwilling— disinclined, decline); root definition— early 17th century: from Latin haesitat- ‘stuck fast, left undecided’, from the verb haesitare, from haerere ‘stick, stay’.
James 1:5-7
“If any of you lack wisdom— let him ask of God— that gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.
Let him ask in faith [persuasion, credence, moral conviction of truth— reliance upon Christ for saving— remaining constant, assured, faithful and in fidelity]— nothing wavering [withdrawn from, opposed, hesitated, wavered or staggered in]; For he that wavers [withdrawing from, opposing, hesitating, wavering or staggering in] —is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed [agitated].
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.”
Persuasion— convincing someone to believe something, cause (someone) to do something through reasoning; root definition— late 15th century: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.
Credence— belief in or acceptance of something as true, the likelihood of something being true— a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist (bread and wine) before they are consecrated; root definition— Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credent- ‘believing’, from the verb credere .
Conviction— firmly held belief, firmly convinced, (see convinced).
Convinced— cause someone to believe in the truth of something, persuade to do; root definition— mid 16th century —in the sense ‘overcome, defeat in argument’: from Latin convincere, from con- ‘with’ + vincere ‘conquer’.
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Acts 10:20
“Arise, therefore and get yourself down, and go with them— doubting [withdrawing from, opposing, hesitating, wavering or staggering in] nothing: for I have sent them.”
Acts 11:12
“And the Spirit bade [spoke and answered, commanded] me— go with them— nothing doubting [withdrawing from, opposing, hesitating, wavering or staggering in] …”
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So, after rebuke, reproof, correction, attitude (or spirit) adjustment, and alignment with Christ, the scriptures, the truth and full understanding of definitions and FAITH: I stand in agreement with him, regarding faith in him to be THE FAITHFUL ONE, who is all capable, and is my Father.
I stand in opposition to: Disobedience (rebellion) —through my obedience— compliance with his command, direction, or requests of me —submitting to his authority of me, and carrying out his command or instruction— behaving myself in accordance with his general principles or law; root definition— Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.
I stand in opposition to: Disbelief— through my belief— faith, credit and trust in him, persuasion by him, conviction of him, and convinced by him.
I stand in opposition to: Lack of Fear in God— through my fearing the LORD— reverence as all powerful and faithful.
I stand in opposition to: Hopelessness— through my Hope in Christ— the scarlet cord of expectancy, that thing I hope for.
I stand in opposition to: Unbelief and Doubt— through my FAITH (fidelity) and TRUST in God— not hesitating or wavering in his faithfulness, resolutely— and giving him credit.
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For the carnal flesh nature is enmity to the Lord— Hostile opponent of; so I stand in opposition to the opposition: the carnal flesh nature.
Romans 8:7
“For the carnal mind [mental inclinations] is enmity [hostile opposition, in hatred] against God: for it is not subject [subordinate in obedience, put under in submission] to the law [general regulating, and principles] of God— neither indeed, can it be.”
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So today— I step forth in that Faith in God: persuasion, credence, moral conviction of truth— reliance upon Christ for saving— remaining constant unto him and his Word— assured in him, faithful unto him, in fidelity and trust.
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