love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left". Showing Mercy To Sinners (Goodness, Greek: agathosune, Latin: bonitas) The state or quality of being good Moral excellence; virtue; Kindly feeling, kindness, generosity, joy in being good The best part of anything; Essence; Strength; General character recognized in quality or conduct. Popular English Bibles (e.g. NIV, NASB, NLT) translate the single Greek word chrestotes into two English words: kindness and goodness. "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power". "For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth", with agathosune being "found only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings, uprightness of heart and life". Overcoming Temptation (Faithfulness, Greek: pistis, Latin: fides) The root of pistis ("faith") is peithô, that is to persuade or be persuaded, which supplies the core-meaning of faith as being "divine persuasion", received from God, and never generated by man. It is defined as the following: objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful:—believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true. Greek: πιστός Transliteration: pistos Pronunciation: pē-sto's Part of Speech: adjective Root Word (Etymology): From πείθω The Greek πιστός (pistos) occurs 67 times in 62 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV: faithful (53x), believe (6x), believing (2x), true (2x), faithfully (1x), believer (1x), sure (1x). Outline of Biblical Usage trusty, faithful of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust that can be relied on easily persuaded believing, confiding, trusting in the NT one who trusts in God's promises one who is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and author of salvation Examples: "O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth". "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith". The writer of the Letter to the Hebrews describes it this way: "Let us