No Carbon, faith in that verse is not called a gift.
Greek grammar does not permit faith being the gift. First, there is no "it is"; that has been inserted in the English translation. That is shown in the KJV translation where the "it is" is italicized. Literally, the Greek is "and this not of you--of God the gift". Second, the "this" in the Greek, "καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον·" , i.e., τοῦτο, is in the neuter gender. Both grace and faith are feminine gender. Thus "this" cannot reference back to either grace or faith. The only grammatically acceptable antecedent is the whole preceding phrase, "For by grace you have been saved through faith". The gift of God is the salvation by grace through faith.
It depends on how one defines the word
faith . . . Not of our own self ( Dead faith ) no power to please.
I would offer . Faith as a labor of love is the power of God ( Immanuel ) working in us with us . Without his labor of love called a work of His faith no one could please Him .
The work of His faithfulness is two fold ."Let there be" and "
it was
God alone good "
Faith is the treasure or power of God
2 Corinthians 4:7 But
we have this
treasure in
earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the
power may be of
God, and not of
us.
Many say God does not need faith. . the power of God's love.
Christ working in us yoked with him he gives us little of His powerful faith and calls us those who have ben given a
little of
Christ's power . Enough to please the Father Christ .It is used 5 times in that way
Matthew 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O
ye of
little faith?
Matthew 8:26And he saith unto
them, Why are
ye fearful, O
ye of
little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Above to show his power of faith (unseen ) Christ working in the Son of man Jesus the prophet. Christ in the Son of man Jesus commands the winds and the see . Let there be calminf and it was God alone good
Matthew 14:31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of
little faith,wherefore didst thou doubt?
Matthew 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of
little faith, why reason ye among
yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
Luke 12:28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe
you, O ye of
little faith?
On one occasion when lovingly commanded the Apostles to do the will of the invisible Father . The apostles' knowing they have no power asked for a
little more.
Luke 17:4-6King James Version4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. And the
apostles said unto the
Lord, Increase
our faith.
