ongoing) and attempt to articulate it—and hence, perhaps, much of the struggle! This transformation of the mind seems to be difficult. The fleshly mind resists it. Nevertheless, according to these chapters, that difficult process is the origin of true belief. But “faith” occurs in another distinguishable sense in these texts, even if not explicitly. The reader of Koiné Greek knows that πίστις often indicates an activity of faithfulness or fidelity. And this quality has already been much remarked