Faith — trust in what cannot yet be seen

‘Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.’ — Hebrews 11:1

Faith began as trust — the kind that rests on character, not proof. In Latin and Greek it meant keeping faith, being reliable, standing by what is true. Over time it came to describe confidence in things unseen: a steady assurance that holds to what matters, even when it cannot yet be shown.