What is the definition of faith in the Bible?
Hebrews 11:1: faith is “assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:6 adds that without faith it is impossible to please God.
Faith in the Bible means trust: relying on someone you can’t see, the way you rely on a friend’s word. Hebrews 11:1 gives the closest thing to a definition, and the rest of that chapter is a list of people who acted on trust without seeing how things would turn out.
These verses are grouped into what faith is, trusting God with your plans, and faith when you doubt. They are taken word for word from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.
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Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”
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Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
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Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says. Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.”
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
For everything spoken by God is possible.
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
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Hebrews 11:1: faith is “assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:6 adds that without faith it is impossible to please God.
2 Corinthians 5:7. In the World English Bible it reads “we walk by faith, not by sight.”
Mark 9:24 is a father’s honest prayer: “I believe. Help my unbelief!” Jesus answers his request in the next verses. James 1:5-6 is about asking God for wisdom.
Matthew 17:20, where Jesus says faith as small as a grain of mustard seed could move a mountain.
Every verse is quoted from the World English Bible, a modern English translation its editors have placed in the public domain, as published by Project Gutenberg (ebook #8294). Only the typography is changed: curly quotation marks, psalm titles and musical notes left out, and an ellipsis where a passage stops mid-sentence. American spellings (honor, neighbor) are the translation’s own. You are free to copy, print and share it. More about the choice of translation is on the Bible verses page.