Believers
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· 2 viewsThose who have faith in God. After Pentecost, the term came to be used specifically to refer to Christians, that is, to those who believe and trust in God, as he has made himself known through Jesus Christ. The NT stresses that Jesus Christ brings the faith of OT believers to perfection and to its proper fulfilment.
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Believers as those who have faith in God
Believers as those who have faith in God
And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly, and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
See also Jn 4:39–42; Ac 16:15; Jas 2:1
OT believers looked forward to the NT faith
OT believers looked forward to the NT faith
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
See also Heb 11:39; 1 Pe 1:10–12
The church is referred to as the believers
The church is referred to as the believers
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.
See also Ac 1:15; Ac 2:44; Ac 4:32; Ac 9:41; 1 Ti 4:12
In the early church a distinction was sometimes made between Jewish and Gentile believers
In the early church a distinction was sometimes made between Jewish and Gentile believers
with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
See also Ac 10:45; Ac 11:1–3; Ac 15:5; Ac 21:20–25
The term believer is synonymous with Christian
The term believer is synonymous with Christian
To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
See also Ac 15:2; Ac 16:1; 1 Co 6:5; 1 Co 14:22; 2 Co 6:14–15; 1 Th 1:7; 1 Ti 5:16
Believers are members of God’s family
Believers are members of God’s family
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
See also 1 Ti 6:2; 1 Pe 2:17