faith hope charity

[mickeylee]

allthough i can not think of a specific phrase, these words are typically put together but where are they from.

[Clanad]

New Covenant Book of 1 Corinthians v 13: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
(Charity is most often translated as Love, as in The New International Version: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.)

[mickeylee]

Thanks clannad, but if abideth is in the lives here sense, who or what are they.

[shaneystar2]

Faith Hope and Charity were also saints . Christian martyrs.
Pistis, Elpis, and Agape.
They are also the words denoting the Christian virtues as stated by Clanad .

[mickeylee]

Thanks shaneystar2 thats cleared things up.

[Peter Pedant]

abideth is not in the sense of lives
but remains, stays, lurks or rests

DId the translators know they were writing great English at the time ?
Well, this bit is from Tyndale, isnt it c. 1526
and about 2/3 they say of the NT in the King James version is from Tyndale.

T was erm very reformist and even these three words are the subject of debate on whether they were the accurate ones even for the time.

FOR example - ekklesia does occur in the NT, but T always translated this as congregation and not Church
[cos he didnt like the Roman Ch see?]