88 siGuRD GRinDheim the object is indicated with the preposition eivj, as in matt 18,6 and in the longer reading of mark 9,42. in addition, christ is implied as the object in Rom 10,14 (twice). there are three instances in the undisputed letters in which God is the object of faith (Rom 4,5.17.24), in addition to the five quotations from the scriptures of israel in which pisteu,w is used with an object (Rom 4,3; 9,33; 10,11.16; Gal 3,6). in two of those scriptural quota- tions, paul has reinterpreted a reference to faith in God as a statement about faith in christ (Rom 9,33; 10,11). three times the content of faith is stated in a o[ti clause (Rom 6,8; 10,9; 1 thess 4,14) and once with a clause beginning with eivj to, (Rom 4,18). in 1 cor 11,18 paul believes the report he heard about the corinthian church, and in 1 cor 13,7 love believes all things. in addition, paul uses pisteu,w in the passive voice four times, with the meaning “to be entrusted” (Rom 3,2; 1 cor 9,17; Gal 2,7; 1 thess 2,4). the noun pi,stij occurs 91 times in the undisputed paulines, 80 of them without an object, not counting the seven occurrences of the disputed genitive construction pi,stij Cristou/ (Rom 3,22.26; Gal 2,16 [2x]; 3,22.26; phil 3,9; cf. Gal 2,20) and the one instance of “the faith of the gospel” (th/| pi,stei tou/ euvaggeli,ou: phil 1,27) 21. apart from these disputed genitive constructions, there is one example of “the lord Jesus christ” as the object of pi,stij, identified with the preposi- tion pro,j (phlm 5). in addition, “God” is the object of pi,stij in one instance (1 thess 1,8). the other new testament epistles are usually dated later than mark and the double tradition, but sometimes claims for earlier dates are made for the disputed paulines, as well as for hebrews, James, First peter, and Jude. the picture in these letters is naturally more diverse, but the basic pattern is unmistakable. References to faith with- out specifying the object are overwhelmingly the rule. hebrews and Jude have no references to christ as the object of faith, James has one (out of a total of 19 references to faith), and First peter has two (eight total). When christ is identified as the object of faith, there is no uniformity in phraseology. in the disputed pauline letters, there are 12 occurrences of the verb 21 Rom 1,5.8.12.17(3x); 3,25.27.28.30(2x).31; 4,5.9.11.12.13.14.16(2x). 19.20; 5,1.2; 9,30.32; 10,6.8.17; 11,20; 12,3.6; 14,1.22.23(2x); 16,26; 1 cor 2,5; 12,9; 13,2.13; 15,14.17; 16,13; 2 cor 1,24(2x); 4,13; 5,7; 8,7; 10,15; 13,5; Gal 1,23; 3,2.5.7.8.9.11.12.14.23(2x).24.25.26; 5,5.6.22; 6,10; phil 1,25; 2,17; 3,9; 1 thess 1,3; 3,2.5.6.7.10; 5,8; phlm 6.