All About Faith According To The Bible

What is Faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV

Where does It Come From?

So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ. Romans 10:17 GNB

Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God’s power. 1 Corinthians 2:5 GNB

Faith is a Lifestyle

For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight.  2 Corinthians 5:7 GNB

At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One. Ephesians 6:16 GNB

Faith Sets Us Free

But before the time for faith came, the Law kept us all locked up as prisoners until this coming faith should be revealed. Galatians 3:23 GNB

Now that the time for faith is here, the Law is no longer in charge of us. Galatians 3:25 GNB

Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law. Romans 3:31 GNB

And be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith. Philippians 3:9 GNB

Be careful, however, not to let your freedom of action make those who are weak in the faith fall into sin. 1 Corinthians 8:9 GNB

Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 GNB

Faith Connects Us with God

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. John 3:16 GNB

For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s gift, so that no one can boast about it. Ephesians 2:8-9 GNB

For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved. Romans 10:10 GNB

It is through faith that all of you are God’s children in union with Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26 GNB

No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him. Hebrews 11:6 GNB

Yet we know that a person is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ, never by doing what the Law requires. We, too, have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be put right with God through our faith in Christ, and not by doing what the Law requires. For no one is put right with God by doing what the Law requires. Galatians 2:16 GNB

That is why Abraham, through faith, “was accepted as righteous by God”. Romans 4:22 GNB

You should realize then, that the real descendants of Abraham are the people who have faith. Galatians 3:7 GNB

And I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love. Ephesians 3:17 GNB

For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, “The person who is put right with God through faith shall live. Romans 1:17 GNB

Now, it is clear that no one is put right with God by means of the Law, because the scripture says, “Only the person who is put right with God through faith shall live. Galatians 3:11 GNB

Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God. Galatians 3:14 GNB

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Ephesians 4:5 GNB

God Can Only Work Through Faith

As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God’s Spirit working through our faith. Galatians 5:5 GNB

For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. Hebrews 4:2 NKJV

Because they did not have faith, he did not perform many miracles there. Matthew 13:58 GNB

Because they had no faith in him and did not believe that he would save them. Psalms 78:22 GNB

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 GNB

“It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God’s approval.” Hebrews 11:2 GNB

The Works of faith

It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God’s word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen. Hebrews 11:3 GNB

Seeing how much faith they had, Jesus said to the paralysed man, “My son, your sins are forgiven. Mark 2:5 GNB

“Jesus turned round and saw her, and said, “Courage, my daughter! Your faith has made you well.” At that very moment the woman became well.” Matthew 9:22 GNB

Then Jesus said to the officer, “Go home, and what you believe will be done for you.” And the officer’s servant was healed that very moment.” Matthew 8:13 GNB

So Jesus answered her, “You are a woman of great faith! What you want will be done for you.” And at that very moment her daughter was healed.” Matthew 15:28 GNB

It was the power of his name that gave strength to this lame man. What you see and know was done by faith in his name; it was faith in Jesus that has made him well, as you can all see. Acts 3:16 GNB

But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. 1 Timothy 2:15 GNB

His faith did not leave him, and he did not doubt God’s promise; his faith filled him with power, and he gave praise to God. Romans 4:20 GNB

Through faith they fought whole countries and won. They did what was right and received what God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions. Hebrews 11:33 GNB

The Evidence of Faith

It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 GNB

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God. Hebrews 11:9 GNB

It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise. Hebrews 11:11 GNB

It was faith that made Abel offer to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s. Through his faith he won God’s approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. Hebrews 11:4 GNB

It was faith that made the Israelites able to cross the Red Sea as if on dry land; when the Egyptians tried to do it, the water swallowed them up. Hebrews 11:29 GNB

It was faith that made Moses, when he had grown up, refuse to be called the son of the king’s daughter. Hebrews 11:24 GNB

“It was faith that made Moses leave Egypt without being afraid of the king’s anger. As though he saw the invisible God, he refused to turn back.” Hebrews 11:27 GNB

“It was faith that made the walls of Jericho fall down after the Israelites had marched round them for seven days.” Hebrews 11:30 GNB

“It was faith that kept the prostitute Rahab from being killed with those who disobeyed God, for she gave the Israelite spies a friendly welcome.” Hebrews 11:31 GNB

It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enoch was taken up, he had pleased God. Hebrews 11:5 GNB

Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life. Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life. Hebrews 11:35 GNB

“It was faith that made Isaac promise blessings for the future to Jacob and Esau.” Hebrews 11:20 GNB

It was faith that made Noah hear God’s warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith. Hebrews 11:7 GNB

Our Capacity Through Faith

The Lord answered, “If you had faith as big as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it would obey you. Luke 17:6 GNB

“Yes,” said Jesus, “if you yourself can! Everything is possible for the person who has faith.” Mark 9:23 GNB

It was because you haven’t enough faith,” answered Jesus. “I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, ‘Go from here to there!’ and it will go. You could do anything! Matthew 17:20 GNB

“Jesus answered, “I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, ‘Get up and throw yourself in the sea,’ and it will. Matthew 21:21 GNB

The scripture says, “I spoke because I believed.” In the same spirit of faith, we also speak because we believe. 2 Corinthians 4:13 GNB

Some people’s faith allows them to eat anything, but the person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. Romans 14:2 GNB

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for the believers in your speech, your conduct, your love, faith, and purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 GNB

Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that your fellow-believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings.” 1 Peter 5:9 GNB

Because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith. 1 John 5:4 GNB

I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 GNB

Faith Does Not Accommodate Doubt and Fear

He is not afraid of receiving bad news; his faith is strong, and he trusts in the LORD. Psalms 112:7 GNB

But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin. Romans 14:23 GNB

But the LORD reprimanded Moses and Aaron. He said, “Because you did not have enough faith to acknowledge my holy power before the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land that I promised to give them.” Numbers 20:12 GNB

“Why are you so frightened?” Jesus answered. “How little faith you have!” Then he got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8:26 GNB

At once Jesus reached out and grabbed hold of him and said, “How little faith you have! Why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31 GNB

It is God who clothes the wild grass — grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burnt up in the oven. Won’t he be all the more sure to clothe you? How little faith you have! Matthew 6:30 GNB

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, “Why are you discussing among yourselves about not having any bread? How little faith you have!” Matthew 16:8 GNB

“I know where you live, there where Satan has his throne. You are true to me, and you did not abandon your faith in me even during the time when Antipas, my faithful witness, was killed there where Satan lives.” Revelation 2:13 GNB

But I had nearly lost confidence; my faith was almost gone. Psalms 73:2 GNB

Faith Breaks Protocols

Where some people brought to him a paralysed man, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralysed man, “Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven.” Matthew 9:2 GNB

Faith Is Without Discrimination

God is one, and he will put the Jews right with himself on the basis of their faith, and will put the Gentiles right through their faith. Romans 3:30 GNB

For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love. Galatians 5:6 GNB

Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions. Romans 14:1 GNB

And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ’s full stature. Ephesians 4:13 GNB

Our Belief Brings Good Fame

For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God’s people. Colossians 1:4 GNB

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the whole world is hearing about your faith. Romans 1:8 GNB

When Jesus heard this, he was surprised and said to the people following him, “I tell you, I have never found anyone in Israel with faith like this.” Matthew 8:10 GNB

True Belief Seeks Wisdom

For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge. 2 Peter 1:5 GNB

Timothy, keep safe what has been entrusted to your care. Avoid the profane talk and foolish arguments of what some people wrongly call “knowledge”. For some have claimed to possess it, and as a result they have lost the way of faith. God’s grace be with you all. 1 Timothy 6:20-21 GNB

So that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me. Galatians 2:20 GNB

Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12 GNB

Our Belief Brings Humility

And because of God’s gracious gift to me I say to every one of you: do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking, and judge yourself according to the amount of faith that God has given you. Romans 12:3 GNB

He must be mature in the faith, so that he will not swell up with pride and be condemned, as the Devil was. 1Timothy 3:6 GNB

Put yourselves to the test and judge yourselves, to find out whether you are living in faith. Surely you know that Christ Jesus is in you? — unless you have completely failed. 2 Corinthians 13:5 GNB

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him. James 2:5 GNB

Belief Enhances Our Confidence In God

Those helpers who do their work well win for themselves a good standing and are able to speak boldly about their faith in Christ Jesus. 1Timothy 3:13 GNB

They should hold to the revealed truth of the faith with a clear conscience. 1 Timothy 3:9 GNB

In union with Christ and through our faith in him we have the boldness to go into God’s presence with all confidence. Ephesians 3:12 GNB

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water. Hebrews 10:22 GNB

They knew only what others were saying: “The man who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith that he once tried to destroy! Galatians 1:23 GNB

Faith Without Actions Is Dead

So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead. James 2:17 GNB

My brothers and sisters, what good is it for people to say that they have faith if their actions do not prove it? Can that faith save them? James 2:14 GNB

But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions. James 2:18 GNB

How was our ancestor Abraham put right with God? It was through his actions, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar. Can’t you see? His faith and his actions worked together; his faith was made perfect through his actions.” James 2:21-22 GNB

You see, then, that it is by people’s actions that they are put right with God, and not by their faith alone. James 2:24 GNB

So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without actions is dead. James 2:26 GNB

How To Feed Your Faith In God?

The apostles said to the Lord, “Make our faith greater.” Luke 17:5 GNB

The father at once cried out, “I do have faith, but not enough. Help me to have more!” Mark 9:24 GNB

Day and night we ask him with all our heart to let us see you personally and supply what is needed in your faith.1 Thessalonians 3:10 GNB

And now I want to remind you, my brothers and sisters, of the Good News which I preached to you, which you received, and on which your faith stands firm. 1 Corinthians 15:1 GNB

And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is a delusion and you are still lost in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15:17 GNB

But the scripture says that the whole world is under the power of sin; and so the gift which is promised on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ is given to those who believe. Galatians 3:22 GNB

But you, my friends, keep on building yourselves up on your most sacred faith. Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit. Jude 1:20 GNB

One and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person he gives the power to heal. 1 Corinthians 12:9 GNB

This prayer made in faith will heal the sick; the Lord will restore them to health, and the sins they have committed will be forgiven. James 5:15 GNB

Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7 GNB

And keep your faith and a clear conscience. Some people have not listened to their conscience and have made a ruin of their faith.” 1 Timothy 1:19 GNB

Tell them to give up those legends and those long lists of ancestors, which only produce arguments; they do not serve God’s plan, which is known by faith. 1 Timothy 1:4 GNB

The purpose of this order is to arouse the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 GNB

But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 GNB

Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help. 2 Timothy 2:22 GNB

How To Put Your Faith Into Action

So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us. If our gift is to speak God’s message, we should do it according to the faith that we have. Romans 12:6 GNB

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.  Acts 14:22 GNB

So then, my brothers and sisters, try even harder to make God’s call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.” 2 Peter 1:10 GNB

We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves. Romans 15:1 GNB

Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don’t have enough to eat. What good is there in your saying to them, “God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!” if you don’t give them the necessities of life? So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead. James 2:15-17 GNB

So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith. Galatians 6:10 GNB

But if anyone does not take care of his relatives, especially the members of his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 1 Timothy 5:8 GNB

Remember your former leaders, who spoke God’s message to you. Think back on how they lived and died, and imitate their faith. Hebrews 13:7 GNB

The Impact of Active Faith to Others

I remember the sincere faith you have, the kind of faith that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice also had. I am sure that you have it also. 2 Timothy 1:5 GNB

“So, in all our trouble and suffering we have been encouraged about you, brothers and sisters. It was your faith that encouraged us,” 1 Thessalonians 3:7 GNB

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and many people were brought to the Lord. Acts 11:24 GNB

“Among the weak in faith I become weak like one of them, in order to win them. So I become all things to all people, that I may save some of them by whatever means are possible.” 1 Corinthians 9:22 GNB

“I am sure of this, and so I know that I will stay. I will stay on with you all, to add to your progress and joy in the faith,” Philippians 1:25 GNB

We are not trying to dictate to you what you must believe; we know that you stand firm in the faith. Instead, we are working with you for your own happiness. 2 Corinthians 1:24 GNB

Instead, we should all please our brothers and sisters for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith. Romans 15:2 GNB

What I mean is that both you and I will be helped at the same time, you by my faith and I by yours. Romans 1:12 GNB

The Impact of Dead Faith to Others

“If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied round his neck and be drowned in the deep sea.” Matthew 18:6 GNB

How terrible for the world that there are things that make people lose their faith! Such things will always happen — but how terrible for the one who causes them!  Matthew 18:7 GNB

I urge you, my brothers and sisters: watch out for those who cause divisions and upset people’s faith and go against the teaching which you have received. Keep away from them! Romans 16:17 GNB

They have left the way of truth and are upsetting the faith of some believers by saying that our resurrection has already taken place. 2 Timothy 2:18 GNB

But they were opposed by the magician Elymas (that is his name in Greek), who tried to turn the governor away from the faith. Acts 13:8 GNB

True Belief Endures Forever

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right-hand side of God’s throne. Hebrews 12:2 GNB

Trust in the LORD. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the LORD. Psalms 27:14 GNB

He was then almost 100 years old; but his faith did not weaken when he thought of his body, which was already practically dead, or of the fact that Sarah could not have children. Romans 4:19 GNB

For you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. James 1:3 GNB

Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honour on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:7 GNB

Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one another and hate one another. Matthew 24:10 GNB

The Spirit says clearly that some people will abandon the faith in later times; they will obey lying spirits and follow the teachings of demons. 1 Timothy 4:1 GNB

I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith. John 16:1 GNB

“But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:32 GNB

For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God’s light; they tasted heaven’s gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit. Hebrews 6:4 GNB

And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame. Hebrews 6:6 GNB

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved. Hebrews 10:39 GNB

Israel is no stronger than Samaria, its capital city, and Samaria is no stronger than King Pekah. “If your faith is not enduring, you will not endure.” Isaiah 7:9 GNB

This, now, is what the Sovereign LORD says: “I am placing in Zion a foundation that is firm and strong. In it I am putting a solid cornerstone on which are written the words, ‘Faith that is firm is also patient.” Isaiah 28:16 GNB

Instruct the older men to be sober, sensible, and self-controlled; to be sound in their faith, love, and endurance. Titus 2:2 GNB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched. Mark 9:43 NKJV

Believe In The Works of God

“Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my father wants me to do. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, you should at least believe my deeds, in order that you may know once and for all that the father is in me and that I am in the father.” John 10:37-38 GNB

Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and His servant Moses. Exodus 14:31 NKJV