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DISCOURSE UNIT: 5:4b–12 [AB]. The topic is faith as conqueror of the world. and this is the victory,a the-(one) having-overcomeb the world, our faith.c LEXICON—a. νίκη (LN 39.57) (BAGD p. 539): ‘victory’ [LN, Lns, WBC; all versions except NAB], ‘conquering power’ [AB], ‘power’ [NAB], ‘the means for winning a victory’ [BAGD], not explicit [HNTC; TNT]. b. aorist act. participle of νικάω: ‘to overcome’. See this word in the previous clause. c. πίστις (LN 31.85; 31.102) (BAGD 2.d.α. p. 663):
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