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RE: How do I deal with the belief that maybe... Just maybe... God exists and I'm...
October 14, 2022 at 8:10 am
(October 14, 2022 at 12:48 am)Belacqua Wrote:
(October 12, 2022 at 3:16 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Jesus didn't make that distinction so this is just pointless pettifoggery.

The Greek word for "belief" there had connotations of trust, reliability, and being persuaded by argument. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistis

So it normally looks to me as if "believe in Jesus" means to trust him or to be convinced that what he's saying is true. 

Do you know of any texts in which this reading is untenable? For example, a text in which the only reasonable interpretation of πιστεύεις is belief in the existence of something?

You are confused.
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