The theological virtue of faith, according to the Apostle Paul, whose definition serves as the basis of the traditional Christian disquisitions upon it, is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen," elpizomevôn hupostasis, pragmatôn elegchos ou blepomenôn (Heb.
Eta lehenago esana dizuet Jainkoarengan sinestea, aurren-aurrenik behintzat, Hura izan dadila nahi izatea dela, Jainkoaren existentzia irrikatzea.