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Faith is the inner attitude of one who believes. The words of the Bible that we translate as “faith” or “fidelity” (’èmunâh, ’émèt), and as “believe” (hé’èmîn), come from the same Hebrew root (’mn); Greek shows the same relationship in pistis, “faith,” and pisteuein, “believe.” The underlying idea in Hebrew is that of firmness; in Greek, that of persuasion.