'Belief' in the Bible

“When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power].”

Jesus said to him, “Get up and go [on your way]. Your faith [your personal trust in Me and your confidence in God’s power] has restored you to health.”

If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say so you will not have belief;

But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.

If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

For even his brothers had no belief in him.

And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?

But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him.

So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief.

Then he said to Thomas, Put out your finger, and see my hands; and put your hand here into my side: and be no longer in doubt but have belief.

Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!

The suggestion pleased the whole congregation; and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith [in Christ Jesus], and [filled with and led by] the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas (Nikolaos), a proselyte (Gentile convert) from Antioch.

For Barnabas was a good man [privately and publicly—his godly character benefited both himself and others] and he was full of the Holy Spirit and full of faith [in Jesus the Messiah, through whom believers have everlasting life]. And a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

For the Sadducees say that there is no [such thing as a] resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees [speak out freely and] acknowledge [their belief in] them all.

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

not that we rule [like dictators] over your faith, but rather we work with you for [the increase of] your joy; for in your faith you stand firm [in your strong conviction that Jesus of Nazareth—the Messiah—is the Son of God, through whom we obtain eternal salvation].

for we walk by faith, not by sight [living our lives in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises]—

This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].

You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.

Children, it is the last hour [the end of this age]; and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming [the one who will oppose Christ and attempt to replace Him], even now many antichrists (false teachers) have appeared, which confirms our belief that it is the last hour.

Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.

He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you fight strenuously for [the defense of] the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers].