A-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g97 | Greek: adolos |
Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:
"guileless, pure," is translated "sincere" in 1Pe 2:2, AV, "without guile," RV.
See GUILELESS, No. 1.
A-2 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g1103 | Greek: gnesios |
Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:
"true, genuine, sincere," is used in the neuter, as a noun, with the article, signifying "sincerity," 2Cr 8:8 (of love).
See OWN, TRUE.
A-3 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g1506 | Greek: eilikrines |
Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:
See PURE, A, No. 3.
B-1 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g53 | Greek: hagnos |
Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:
denotes "with pure motives," akin to words under PURE, A, No. 1, and B, Nos. 1 and 2, and is rendered "sincerely" in Phl 1:17, RV (ver. 16, AV).
C-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g1505 | Greek: eilikrinia |
Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:
akin to A, No. 3 denotes "sincerity, purity;" it is described metaphorically in 1Cr 5:8 as "unleavened (bread);" in 2Cr 1:12, "sincerity (of God)," RV, AV, "(godly) sincerity," it describes a quality possessed by God, as that which is to characterize the conduct of believers; in 2Cr 2:17 it is used of the rightful ministry of the Scriptures.
Notes:
(1) For 2Cr 8:8, see A, No. 2.
(2) In Eph 6:24, AV, aphtharsia, "incorruption," is translated "sincerity" (RV, "uncorruptness," AV marg., "incorruption"); some inferior mss. have it in Tts 2:7, AV; the RV follows those in which it is absent.
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