Lexicon :: Strong's G4103 - pistos

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

“Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

“ ‘Well done, good[fn] servant! ’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten towns.’

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

“As to his raising him from the dead, never to return to decay, he has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy and sure promises of David.

Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

God is faithful; you were called by him into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

Now about virgins:[fn] I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is faithful.

No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.

As God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes and no.”

What agreement does Christ have with Belial?[fn] Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Consequently, those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.[fn]

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:

To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus[fn] at Ephesus.[fn]

Tychicus, our dearly loved brother and faithful servant[fn] in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me so that you may be informed.

To the saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful brothers and sisters.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.[fn]

You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your[fn] behalf,

Tychicus, our dearly loved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

He is coming with Onesimus, a faithful and dearly loved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

He who calls you is faithful; he will do it.

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry ​— ​

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” ​— ​and I am the worst of them.

This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer,[fn] he desires a noble work.”

Wives,[fn] likewise, should be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.

Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love,[fn] in faith, and in purity.

If any[fn] believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it can help widows in genuine need.

Let those who have believing masters not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but serve them even better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.[fn]

Teach and encourage these things.

What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men[fn] who will be able to teach others also.

This saying is trustworthy:

For if we died with him,

we will also live with him;

if we are faithless, he remains faithful,

for he cannot deny himself.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful[fn] children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.

Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters[fn] pertaining to God, to make atonement[fn] for the sins of the people.

He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was in all God’s household.

Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s household, as a testimony to what would be said in the future.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she[fn] considered that the one who had promised was faithful.