I thought that you were done with this thread? You said, "Who cares what the Greek word is" which says it all for you. You are very satisfied with what you already believe and don't want to be confused with the facts. Jesus said they BELIEVED for a while, but He DID NOT SAY they were SAVED for a while. The same Greek word for believe "pisteuo" is used in James 2:19, in which we read that the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God," but they do not believe "pisteuo" on the Lord Jesus Christ and are not saved. (Acts 16:31) *The CONTEXT determines the content of what is believed.
John has portrayed people who "believe" but are clearly not saved. There is a stage in the progress of belief in Jesus that "falls short of firmly rooted consummated belief resulting in salvation." As we see in John 2:23-25, in which their belief was superficial in nature and Jesus would not entrust/commit Himself to them.
Also, in John 8:31-59, where the Jews who were said to have "believed in him" turn out to be slaves to sin, indifferent to the words of Jesus’, children of the devil, liars, accused Jesus of having a demon and were guilty of setting out to stone and kill the one they have professed to believe in. You called that saved?
I have too much fun here.
Just like you said.
You know I'll always come back...
I need my breaks every now and then...
I'm very satisfied that the translators of the Greek know it a whole lot more than you do.
Do you have a PhD after your name? Do you read the New Testament in Greek? No. Well, some do and I tend to trust them more than Strong's. Not that Strong's gets it wrong,,,but I don't need it becaue my theology is reconcilable with all of the N.T. and yours is not.
So now Jesus didn't know what He meant?
He said BELIEVED instead of SAVED.
So what must one do to be saved?
Be saved?
Really, listen to yourself MMD.
To be saved
One must BELIEVE.
Please stop telling me what Believe means since I've been trying to do that since I got here to no avail. IF WE BELIEVE JESUS,,,, We're SAVED.
The demons also believe...but not the believe Jesus talks about.
No need to keep bringing that up.
No need to keep mentioning context...we all know about context.
As to what you quote above...
Luke 8.13
James 2:19
John 2:23
John 8:31
I checked Strong's Greek Lexicon and it shows no. 4100 for all 4 of the verses.
Could you help me out here? I don't know what your point is.
We all know what believe in Jesus means.