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pvj-05: Topics — Faith and Works Definitions

Query: "faith works justification salvation"

Top topics: SALVATION (0.66), FAITH (0.62), PLAN OF SALVATION (0.55), FIGHT OF FAITH (0.55), RIGHTEOUSNESS (0.52), JUSTIFICATION (0.44), FAITHFULNESS (0.43)

Query: "works of the law obedience merit"

Top topics: OBEDIENCE (0.65), ACTIONS AT LAW (0.63), MORAL LAW (0.59), LAW (0.55), ORDINANCE (0.45), MERIT (0.44)

Query: "do the will of the Father commandments"

Top topics: COMMANDMENTS (0.56), TEN COMMANDMENTS (0.48), DECREES (0.38)

JUSTIFICATION (Nave's)

General scriptures: GEN 15:6; PSA 32:2; ROM 1:16-17; 2:13; 3:21-28; 4:3-25; 5:1-21; 8:1,30-34; 9:30-32; GAL 2:14-21; 3:6-24; EPH 6:14; PHP 3:8-9; JAS 2:20-26; HEB 11:4,7

Strong's Concordance Results

Query: "faith pistis believe trust"

  • G4102 pistis (faith/persuasion/credence) — KJV: "faith" 153x, "of faith" 22x, "By faith" 15x
  • G4100 pisteuo (to believe/have faith) — KJV: "believe" 30x, "believed" 19x, "believeth" 9x
  • G4103 pistos (trustworthy/faithful) — KJV: "faithful" 38x

Query: "works ergon deeds law"

  • G2041 ergon (work/deed/toil) — KJV: "works" 60x, "work" 32x, "deeds" 7x
  • G2040 ergates (toiler/laborer) — KJV: "labourers" 7x, "workers" 2x
  • G1754 energeo (to be active/efficient) — KJV: "worketh" 6x

Query: "justify declare righteous dikaioo"

  • G1344 dikaioo (to render/show as just) — KJV: "justified" 7x, "is justified" 4x, "be justified" 3x
  • G1343 dikaiosyne (equity/righteousness) — KJV: "righteousness" 42x
  • G1345 dikaioma (equitable deed/statute) — KJV: "ordinances" 3x, "righteousness" 3x

Prior Study Results

Semantic Studies Search: "faith works definitions Paul Jesus"

  1. cmd-15-faith-grace-and-obedience (0.683) — relationship between faith, grace, commandment-keeping
  2. law-16-paul-and-law-in-romans (0.571) — Paul on law in Romans
  3. pvj-04-greek-terms-baseline (0.479) — vocabulary baseline for Paul vs Jesus series

pvj-04 Key Finding (Dependency)

Paul's semantic range for pistis, ergon, dikaiosyne, nomos, and charis is a proper superset of Jesus's. Paul uses all senses Jesus uses plus additional forensic/soteriological senses. The widest vocabulary gap is charis (grace).