Galatians 1:23

Galatians 1:23. They were hearing (kept hearing) expresses the idea of duration better than ‘heard.'

The faith is used here in the passive or objective sense=the gospel, the Christian religion (not a formulated statement of dogmas, but rather a living system of divine truth); comp. Galatians 6:10; Acts 6:7; Jude Galatians 1:3. In most cases, however, especially in the Gospels, the Greek word has the active or subjective meaning, ‘trust,' ‘confidence' in God or Christ, and is one of the cardinal Christian virtues; hence Christians are called ‘believers.' If used of God, it means his faithfulness, trustworthiness, immutability of purpose (Romans 3:3).