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The term "persuaded" in the biblical context often refers to a firm conviction or assurance in one's beliefs or actions, typically as a result of divine influence or revelation. This concept is significant in understanding the nature of faith and the process by which individuals come to a deeper understanding and commitment to God's truth.

Biblical Usage and Context

1. Faith and Assurance: The Apostle Paul frequently uses the term "persuaded" to describe his confidence in God's promises and the truth of the Gospel. In Romans 8:38-39 , Paul declares, "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Here, "persuaded" conveys a deep, unwavering conviction in the security of God's love.

2. The Role of the Holy Spirit: Persuasion in the biblical sense often involves the work of the Holy Spirit, who convicts and convinces individuals of the truth. In John 16:8 , Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit's role: "And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment." This divine persuasion leads to repentance and faith.

3. Human Agency and Divine Influence: While persuasion involves divine influence, it also requires a response from the individual. Acts 28:24 illustrates this dual aspect: "Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe." The passage highlights that while the message of the Gospel is persuasive, acceptance depends on the openness of the hearer's heart.

4. Examples of Persuasion in Scripture: Throughout the Bible, there are numerous examples of individuals who were persuaded by God's message. In Acts 26:28 , King Agrippa responds to Paul's testimony, saying, "In such a short time, would you persuade me to become a Christian?" This interaction underscores the power of personal testimony and the persuasive nature of the Gospel.

5. The Certainty of God's Promises: Hebrews 11:13 speaks of the patriarchs who were "persuaded of the promises" and embraced them, even though they did not receive them in their lifetime. This persuasion is rooted in faith, trusting in God's faithfulness and the certainty of His promises.

Theological Implications

The concept of being persuaded is central to understanding the nature of faith as both a gift from God and a personal commitment. It involves a transformation of the heart and mind, leading to a life aligned with God's will. The assurance that comes from being persuaded by God's truth provides believers with confidence and hope, enabling them to endure trials and remain steadfast in their faith.

In summary, "persuaded" in the biblical sense is more than mere intellectual agreement; it is a profound conviction that shapes one's entire life, rooted in the assurance of God's unchanging truth and love.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Persuade.

2. (p. p. & a.) Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.

Greek

4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... 4102 (from 3982, ", be persuaded") – properly, (be , come to trust); . Faith (4102)
is always a , and something that can be produced by people. ...
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4100. pisteuo -- to believe, entrust
... 4100 (from 4102 , "faith," derived from 3982 , "persuade, be persuaded") -- (affirm,
have confidence); used of persuading oneself (= human believing) and with ...
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569. apisteo -- to disbelieve, be faithless
... 569 ("not willing to be persuaded") means more than "disbelieve" ("not believing")
because it indicates "refusing to be faithful" (honor a trust or revelation ...
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2138. eupeithes -- constantly attendant
... 2138 (from 2095 , "well" and 3982 , "persuade") -- properly, "well-persuaded," ,
ie willing (pre-disposed, favorable to); easy to come to terms with . ...
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543. apeitheia -- disobedience
... 543 (from 1 "not" and 3982 , "persuaded") -- properly, someone , referring
to their , ie the to be convinced by God's voice. This ...
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2431. hilaros -- cheerful
... joyous, cheerful, not grudging. 2431 -- properly, ; because -- describing someone
who is because ("already persuaded"). 2431 ("won over ...
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3980. peitharcheo -- to obey authority
... From a compound of peitho and archo; to be persuaded by a ruler, ie (genitive case)
to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice -- hearken, obey ...
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545. apeithes -- disobedient
... apeithes Phonetic Spelling: (ap-i-thace') Short Definition: unbelieving, disobedient
Definition: unbelieving, disobedient, who will not be persuaded. ...
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4103. pistos -- faithful, reliable
... Cognate: 4103 (an adjective, derived from 3982 , "persuaded") -- properly, faithful
(loyalty to faith; literally, fullness of faith); typically, of believing ...
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3982. peitho -- to persuade, to have confidence
... 3), convinced (7), followed (2), have confidence (2), having confidence (2), listen
(1), obey (3), obeying (1), persuade (4), persuaded (8), persuading (1), put ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... harder (1), made repairs (12), made stronger (1), maintain (1), make (1), make an
effort (1), making himself strong (1), overcome (1), persuaded (1), post a ...
/hebrew/2388.htm - 8k

8156. shasa -- to divide, cleave
... root Definition to divide, cleave NASB Word Usage has the split (1), make a split
(1), making a split (1), making split (1), persuaded (1), tear (1), tore him ...
/hebrew/8156.htm - 6k

5496. suth -- to incite, allure, instigate
... 1), entice (2), enticed (1), incited (3), inciting (1), induced (1), mislead (2),
misleading (1), misleads (1), misled (1), moved (1), persuaded (2), stirred (1 ...
/hebrew/5496.htm - 6k

6601b. pathah -- to be simple
... to be simple NASB Word Usage allure (1), became...enticed (1), deceive (2), deceived
(5), entice (9), enticed (1), entices (1), persuaded (1), prevailed (2 ...
/hebrew/6601b.htm - 5k

Library

Almost Persuaded. PM
... 221 Almost Persuaded. PM. "Almost," but Lost. (475) "Almost persuaded" now
to believe; "Almost persuaded" Christ to receive; Seems ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/221 almost persuaded p m.htm

How Jadon the Prophet was Persuaded by Another Lying Prophet and ...
... CHAPTER 9. How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet And
Returned [To Bethel,] And Was Afterwards Slain By A Lion. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how jadon the.htm

For we who have Been Persuaded by Many, Yea by Innumerable...
... Chapter LII. For we who have been persuaded by many, yea by innumerable?
For we who have been persuaded by many, yea by innumerable ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter lii for we who.htm

Thou Didst Deal with Me, that I Should be Persuaded to Go to Rome. ...
... Book V Chapter VIII Thou didst deal with me, that I should be persuaded
to go to Rome? Thou didst deal with me, that I should ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter viii thou didst deal.htm

And Now, if You Gentiles Will be Persuaded by These Motives...
... Section 7. And now, if you Gentiles will be persuaded by these motives?
7. And now, if you Gentiles will be persuaded by these ...
/.../josephus/discourse to the greeks concerning hades/section 7 and now if.htm

Edwin was So Zealous for the True Worship, that He Likewise ...
... BOOK II CHAP. XV. EDWIN was so zealous for the TRUE worship, that he likewise
persuaded Earpwald? EDWIN was so zealous for the ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xv edwin was so.htm

But I Also as Yet, Although I Held and was Firmly Persuaded that ...
... Book VII Chapter III But I also as yet, although I held and was firmly
persuaded that Thou our? But I also as yet, although I ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter iii but i also.htm

A Solemn Address to those who Will not be Persuaded to Fall in ...
... THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL. CHAPTER XI. A SOLEMN ADDRESS TO THOSE
WHO WILL NOT BE PERSUADED TO FALL IN WITH THE DESIGN OF THE GOSPEL. ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xi a solemn address.htm

How Titus Gave Orders to Demolish the Tower of Antonia and Then ...
... CHAPTER 2. How Titus Gave Orders To Demolish The Tower Of Antonia And Then
Persuaded Josephus To Exhort The Jews Again [To A Surrender]. ...
/.../chapter 2 how titus gave.htm

Concerning St. Ambrose and his Elevation to the High Priesthood ...
... Book VI. Chapter XXIV."Concerning St. Ambrose and his Elevation to the High
Priesthood; how he persuaded the People to practice Piety. ...
/.../chapter xxiv concerning st ambrose and.htm

Thesaurus

Persuaded (40 Occurrences)
...Persuaded (40 Occurrences). Matthew 27:20 Now the chief priests and the elders
persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ...
/p/persuaded.htm - 18k

Convinced (26 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:31 "He said to him,'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'" (See RSV NIV). ...
/c/convinced.htm - 13k

Persuade (20 Occurrences)
... Persuade (20 Occurrences). Matthew 27:20 Now the chief priests and the elders
persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ...
/p/persuade.htm - 15k

Prevailed (46 Occurrences)
... and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to
be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us. ...
/p/prevailed.htm - 20k

Laughing-stock (3 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 20:7 Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger
than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every ...
/l/laughing-stock.htm - 8k

Laughingstock (10 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 20:7 Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened
me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one ...
/l/laughingstock.htm - 9k

Ridiculed (12 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 20:7 Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger
than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every ...
/r/ridiculed.htm - 10k

Esteemeth (4 Occurrences)
... Romans 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day
alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. (KJV ASV WBS). ...
/e/esteemeth.htm - 7k

Deceivableness (1 Occurrence)
... de-sev' (nasha', "to lead astray"): "The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee"
(Jeremiah 49:16), ie "Thy stern mountain fastnesses have persuaded thee that ...
/d/deceivableness.htm - 9k

Deceive (48 Occurrences)
... de-sev' (nasha', "to lead astray"): "The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee"
(Jeremiah 49:16), ie "Thy stern mountain fastnesses have persuaded thee that ...
/d/deceive.htm - 22k

Resources

Who was Herod Agrippa II? | GotQuestions.org

How should a Christian view the relationship of faith and reason? | GotQuestions.org

Is door-to-door evangelism an effective method? | GotQuestions.org

Persuaded: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Persuaded (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:20
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:31
"He said to him,'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Luke 20:6
But if we say,'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Acts 5:40
They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
(See NIV)

Acts 6:11
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
(See NIV)

Acts 12:20
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.
(See RSV)

Acts 13:43
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Acts 14:19
But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 16:15
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
(WEB NIV)

Acts 17:4
Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 18:4
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Acts 19:26
You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 21:14
When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 23:21
Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.
(DBY)

Acts 26:26
For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 27:11
But Julius let himself be persuaded by the pilot and by the owner rather than by Paul's arguments;
(WEY NAS)

Acts 28:24
And some were persuaded of the things which were said, but some disbelieved.
(DBY NAS)

Romans 2:19
and have persuaded yourself that, as for you, you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
(WEY)

Romans 4:21
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Romans 8:38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 14:5
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Romans 14:14
I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Romans 15:14
I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Philippians 1:25
and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,
(YLT)

2 Timothy 1:5
having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

2 Timothy 1:12
For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day. The Letter to the Hebrews
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Timothy 3:14
But thou, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and of which thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
(DBY)

Hebrews 6:9
But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
(WEB ASV)

Joshua 15:18
And it came to pass, when she came unto him , that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?
(See JPS NAS)

Judges 1:14
And it cometh to pass in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father the field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, 'What -- to thee?'
(See NAS)

Judges 19:7
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 24:7
And David subdueth his men by words, and hath not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul hath risen from the cave, and goeth on the way;
(See NAS RSV)

2 Kings 4:8
It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
(WEB NAS)

2 Chronicles 18:2
And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Proverbs 25:15
By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 20:7
Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocks me.
(WEB ASV YLT)

Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
(WEB ASV)

Jeremiah 28:15
Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Yahweh has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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