Luke 17:5
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
KJV
Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῷ κυρίῳ· πρόσθες ἡμῖν πίστιν.
Greek NT
Et dixerunt apostoli Domino : Adauge nobis fidem.
Vulgate
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
ASV
And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
προστίθημι
prostithemi
verb · 18×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§162Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to man. We can lose this priceless gift, as St. Paul indicated to St. Timothy: "Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith."44 To live, grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lo…
If Paul had known any mysteries unrevealed to the other apostles, Luke, his constant companion and fellow-traveller, could not have been ignorant of them; neither could the truth have possibly lain hid from him, through whom alone we learn many and most important particulars of the Gospel history. 1. But that this Luke was inseparable from Paul, and his fellow-labourer in the G…
2. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant; calling the signs spiritual, because they are the works of the Spirit alone, human effort contributing nothing to the working such wonders. And intending to discourse concerning them, first, as I said, he lays down the difference between soothsaying and prophecy, thus saying, You know that when you were…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:9 — To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
- 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 2Cor 12:8 — For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
- 2Thess 1:3 — We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
- 2Thess 1:3 — We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
- Acts 3:16 — And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Luke 7:13 — And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
- Luke 7:13 — And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
- Mark 6:30 — And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
- Mark 9:24 — And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
- Mark 9:24 — And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
- Matt 15:28 — Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Phil 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.