2. Defined
Firm persuasion
...(akin to peitho, “to persuade”) - Vine.

3. Biblical meaning Defined Of what one believes – 2 Thess 3.2
Of the degree of that belief – Mt 6.30; Lk 7.9
Objectively – Jude 3; 1 Tim 5.8

4. Generated Not by direct divine touch But by indirect divine testimony
Rom ; Jn
Jn 17.20; ; Rom ; 1 Pet

5. Exercised Obedience Working Adding to Acts 6.7; Rom 1.5; Acts 16.30-34
James
Adding to
(text) 2 Pet 1.5

6. Maintained Must grow Otherwise can be lost
2 Thess 1.3; 2 Cor 10.15; 2 Pet 3.18; 1.8
Otherwise can be lost
Heb 3.12; 1 Tim 4.1

7. New Testament Not faith in faith, but faith in the gospel
Not produced miraculously, but by preached word
Needs to be exercised and maintained, or will be lost