It’s obvious by examining the use of this verb in the New Testament that the term does not mean merely intellectual assent to the truth of something. He’s not talking about believing that something is true, such as believing a doctrine or a fact. The Greek phrase pistuein eis means to believe into, that is, to place a personal, no holds barred, lifelong commitment to obedience and fealty that was more properly demonstrated by obedience to the First Commandment, which as quoted in Exodus 20:2-3 reads as follows: 2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the
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