Faith originates from God himself.Your faith cannot save you.
Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Acts 3:16
Yea, the faith which is by him (not just 'in' him, but by Him ) hath given him this perfect soundness.
Acts 18:27
"he helped them much which had believed THROUGH GRACE
Acts 14:27
"they rehearsed all that God had done among them, and how He had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles." If God doesn't open the door, there is no faith
Acts 16:14
"Lydia...whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of by Paul"
Acts 15:9
"and put no difference between us (believing Jews) and them (believing Gentiles) purifying their hearts by faith." God purified their hearts by faith, not 'because of' faith. God did it and He did it by faith which He himself gave them. It was not by their ability.
Galatians 5:22
One of the parts of the fruit of the Spirit is faith. The Spirit produces faith, (though the new versions have changed this to 'faithfulness')
1 Corinthians 3:5-6
"Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." You can preach and teach gospel truths, but unless God Himself gives the increase and causes the seed to sprout and grow, there is no belief and no life.
One of the many serious changes being made in the modern bible versions is how they are altering the phrase "the faith OF Christ". Many times the phrase "by the faith OF Jesus Christ" has been changed to "by faith IN Jesus Christ". See for example Romans 3:22; Galatians 2:16, 20; 3:22; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9; James 2:1; Revelation 2:13; and 14:12.
Romans 3:22
"Even the righteousness of God which is by faith OF Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference."
Galatians 2:16
"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith OF Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith OF Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."
Here the NKJV, NIV and NASB have all changed this to "faith IN Jesus Christ", thus changing the truth that this faith comes from Jesus Christ and instead implying that it comes from ourselves.
This is not a question of Greek texts differing, because they all say the same thing, dia pisteos iesou xristou, the genitive of possession or source. We speak of the birth of Christ, the death of Christ, the resurrection of Jesus, the body of Jesus, the cross of Christ, the riches of Christ, the kingdom of Christ, the glory of Christ, and many other things using the same grammatical construction, but suddenly the NKJV, NAS, NIV, and most modern bibles now have through faith IN Jesus Christ.
The older Bibles - Tyndale 1525, Coverdale 1535, Bishop's Bible 1568, the Geneva 1599, even Wesley's 1755 translation, Darby, Young's, Webster's 1833 translation all read as the King James Bible, and so do the Third Millenium Bible and the KJV 21.
The Italian Diodati of Galatians 2:16 - is the same as the King James Bible, reading: "ma per la fede di Gesù Cristo"
The Spanish Reina Valera from 1602 to 1995 all read just like the King James Bible with: "sino por la fe de Jesucristo"
However the ASV of 1901 changed about half of these references to "the faith OF Jesus Christ" to faith IN Jesus Christ, and from then on all the references have been changed in the NKJV, RSV, NASB and NIV.
The devil has faith or intellectual belief in God but his is reprobate concerning faith.
Not everyone has saving faith.
James 2:19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2 Thes.3:2
"for all men have not faith" and obviously there are unbelievers.
2 Timothy 3:8
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith
Salvation is a gift from God and it cannot be earned. Your faith or belief is not saving faith. God alone gives the kind of faith needed to become a child of God.
Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Acts 3:16
Yea, the faith which is by him (not just 'in' him, but by Him ) hath given him this perfect soundness.
Acts 18:27
"he helped them much which had believed THROUGH GRACE
Acts 14:27
"they rehearsed all that God had done among them, and how He had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles." If God doesn't open the door, there is no faith
Acts 16:14
"Lydia...whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of by Paul"
Acts 15:9
"and put no difference between us (believing Jews) and them (believing Gentiles) purifying their hearts by faith." God purified their hearts by faith, not 'because of' faith. God did it and He did it by faith which He himself gave them. It was not by their ability.
Galatians 5:22
One of the parts of the fruit of the Spirit is faith. The Spirit produces faith, (though the new versions have changed this to 'faithfulness')
1 Corinthians 3:5-6
"Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." You can preach and teach gospel truths, but unless God Himself gives the increase and causes the seed to sprout and grow, there is no belief and no life.
One of the many serious changes being made in the modern bible versions is how they are altering the phrase "the faith OF Christ". Many times the phrase "by the faith OF Jesus Christ" has been changed to "by faith IN Jesus Christ". See for example Romans 3:22; Galatians 2:16, 20; 3:22; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9; James 2:1; Revelation 2:13; and 14:12.
Romans 3:22
"Even the righteousness of God which is by faith OF Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference."
Galatians 2:16
"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith OF Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith OF Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."
Here the NKJV, NIV and NASB have all changed this to "faith IN Jesus Christ", thus changing the truth that this faith comes from Jesus Christ and instead implying that it comes from ourselves.
This is not a question of Greek texts differing, because they all say the same thing, dia pisteos iesou xristou, the genitive of possession or source. We speak of the birth of Christ, the death of Christ, the resurrection of Jesus, the body of Jesus, the cross of Christ, the riches of Christ, the kingdom of Christ, the glory of Christ, and many other things using the same grammatical construction, but suddenly the NKJV, NAS, NIV, and most modern bibles now have through faith IN Jesus Christ.
The older Bibles - Tyndale 1525, Coverdale 1535, Bishop's Bible 1568, the Geneva 1599, even Wesley's 1755 translation, Darby, Young's, Webster's 1833 translation all read as the King James Bible, and so do the Third Millenium Bible and the KJV 21.
The Italian Diodati of Galatians 2:16 - is the same as the King James Bible, reading: "ma per la fede di Gesù Cristo"
The Spanish Reina Valera from 1602 to 1995 all read just like the King James Bible with: "sino por la fe de Jesucristo"
However the ASV of 1901 changed about half of these references to "the faith OF Jesus Christ" to faith IN Jesus Christ, and from then on all the references have been changed in the NKJV, RSV, NASB and NIV.
The devil has faith or intellectual belief in God but his is reprobate concerning faith.
Not everyone has saving faith.
James 2:19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2 Thes.3:2
"for all men have not faith" and obviously there are unbelievers.
2 Timothy 3:8
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith
Salvation is a gift from God and it cannot be earned. Your faith or belief is not saving faith. God alone gives the kind of faith needed to become a child of God.
