When Jesus heard that, he marvelled; "I tell you truly," he said to his followers, "I have never met faith like this anywhere in Israel.

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; as you have had faith, your prayer is granted." And the servant was cured at that very hour.

There a paralytic was brought to him, lying on a pallet; and when Jesus saw the faith of the bearers he said to the paralytic, "Courage, my son! your sins are forgiven."

Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.

There he could not do many miracles owing to their lack of faith.

At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid like this? Have you no faith yet?"

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be free from your complaint."

He was astonished at their lack of faith. Then he made a tour round the villages, teaching.

Then Jesus said, "Go, your faith has made you well;" and he regained his sight at once and followed Jesus along the road.

Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God!

When he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed he said, "I tell you, I have never met faith like this anywhere even in Israel."

But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" They marvelled in awe, saying to one another, "Whatever can he be? He gives orders to the very winds and water, and they obey him!"

"Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has made you well; depart in peace."

The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!"

The Lord said, "If you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

And he said to him, "Get up and go, your faith has made you well."

I tell you, he will quickly see justice done to his elect! And yet, when the Son of man does come, will he find faith on earth?"

And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight, your faith has made you well."

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

(He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nikolaos a proselyte from Antioch;

And the word of God spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased, and a host of priests became obedient to the faith.

(for he was a good man, full of the holy Spirit and faith). Considerable numbers of people were brought in for the Lord.

But the sorcerer Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) tried to divert the proconsul from the faith.

He heard Paul speaking, and Paul, gazing steadily at him and noticing that he had faith enough to make him better,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.

in cleansing their hearts by faith he made not the slightest distinction between us and them.

and the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers day by day.

bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because the report of your faith is over all the world.

For I do yearn to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift for your strengthening ??12 or, in other words, that I may be encouraged by meeting you, I by your faith and you by mine.

For I am proud of the gospel; it is God's saving power for everyone who has faith, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

God's righteousness is revealed in it by faith and for faith ??as it is written, Now by faith shall the righteous live.

but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn.

whom God put forward as the means of propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to demonstrate the justice of God in view of the fact that sins previously committed during the time of God's forbearance had been passed over;

it was to demonstrate his justice at the present epoch, showing that God is just himself and that he justifies man on the score of faith in Jesus.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is ruled out absolutely. On what principle? On the principle of doing deeds? No, on the principle of faith.

We hold a man is justified by faith apart from deeds of the Law altogether.

Well then, there is one God, a God who will justify the circumcised as they believe and the uncircumcised on the score of faith.

Then 'by this faith' we 'cancel the Law'? Not for one moment! We uphold the Law.

but a man who instead of 'working' believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith counted as righteousness.

Now is that description of bliss meant for the circumcised, or for the uncircumcised as well? Abraham's faith, I repeat, was counted to him as righteousness.

He only got circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which belonged to his faith as an uncircumcised man. The object of this was to make him the father of all who believe as uncircumcised persons and thus have righteousness counted to them,

as well as a father of those circumcised persons who not only share circumcision but walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had as an uncircumcised man.

The promise made to Abraham and his offspring that he should inherit the world, did not reach him through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For if it is adherents of the Law who are heirs, then faith is empty of all meaning and the promise is void.

That is why all turns upon faith; it is to make the promise a matter of favour, to make it secure for all the offspring, not simply for those who are adherents of the Law but also for those who share the faith of Abraham ??of Abraham who is the father of us all

(as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist.

For Abraham, when hope was gone, hoped on in faith, and thus became the father of many nations ??even as he was told, So numberless shall your offspring be.

His faith never quailed, even when he noted the utter impotence of his own body (for he was about a hundred years old) or the impotence of Sara's womb;

no unbelief made him waver about God's promise; his faith won strength as he gave glory to God

Hence his faith was counted to him as righteousness.

but for our sakes as well; faith will be counted to us as we believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

As we are justified by faith, then, let us enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;

What are we to conclude, then? That Gentiles who never aimed at righteousness have attained righteousness, that is, righteousness by faith;

And why? Simply because Israel has relied not on faith but on what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that makes men stumble ??33 as it is written, Here I lay a stone in Sion that will make men stumble, even a rock to trip them up; but he who believes in Him will never be disappointed.

But here is what faith-righteousness says: ??Say not in your heart, 'Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down).

No, what it does say is this: ??The word is close to you, in your very mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).

(You see, faith must come from what is heard, and what is heard comes from word of Christ.)

Granted. They were broken off ??for their lack of faith. And you owe your position to your faith. You should feel awed instead of being uplifted.

In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his scruples.

While one man has enough confidence to eat any food, the man of weak faith only eats vegetables.

But if anyone has doubts about eating and then eats, that condemns him at once; it was not faith that induced him to eat, and any action that is not based on faith is a sin.

Each of us must please his neighbour, doing him good by building up his faith.

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!

has now been disclosed and made known on the basis of the prophetic scriptures (by command of the eternal God) to all the Gentiles for their obedience to the faith ??27 to the only wise God be glory through Jesus Christ for ever and ever: Amen.]

in him you have received a wealth of all blessing, full power to speak of your faith and full insight into its meaning,

so that your faith might not rest on any human 'wisdom' but on the power of God.

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.

one man in the same Spirit has the gift of faith, another in the one Spirit has gifts of healing;

I may prophesy, fathom all mysteries and secret lore, I may have such absolute faith that I can move hills from their place, but if I have no love, I count for nothing;

Thus 'faith and hope and love last on, these three,' but the greatest of all is love.

the gospel by which you are saved ??provided you adhere to my statement of it ??unless indeed your faith was all haphazard.

and if Christ did not rise, then our preaching has gone for nothing, and your faith has gone for nothing too.

and if Christ did not rise, your faith is futile, you are still in your sins.

Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

By the good faith of God, my word to you was not 'yes and no';

(Not that we lord it over your faith ??no, we co-operate for your joy: you have a standing of your own in the faith.)

But since our spirit of faith is the same, therefore ??as it is written I believed and so I spoke ??I too believe and so I speak,

(for I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing him):

Now then, you are to the front in everything, in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all zeal, and in love for us ??do come to the front in this gracious enterprise as well.

I do not boast beyond my limits in a sphere where other men have done the work; my hope rather is that the growth of your faith will allow me to enlarge the range of my appointed sphere

Who is weak, and I do not feel his weakness? Whose faith is hurt, and I am not aglow with indignation?

Put yourselves to the proof, not me; test yourselves, to see if you are in the faith. Do you not understand that Christ Jesus is within you? Otherwise you must be failures.

they merely heard that 'our former persecutor is now preaching the faith he once harried,'

but since we know a man is justified simply by faith in Jesus Christ and not by doing what the Law commands, we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus so as to get justified by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands ??for by doing what the Law commands no person shall be justified.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.