Sincerity (17 Occurrences)

Acts 2:46
Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
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1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5:12
We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 8:8
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS NIV)

2 Corinthians 13:7
And our prayer to God is that you may do nothing wrong; not in order that our sincerity may be demonstrated, but that you may do what is right, even though our sincerity may seem to be doubtful.
(WEY)

Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
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Ephesians 6:24
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
(KJV WEY WBS)

Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
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Titus 2:7
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
(KJV WEY WBS)

Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with sincerity and unfaltering faith, having had our hearts sprinkled, once for all, from consciences oppressed with sin, and our bodies bathed in pure water.
(WEY)

Joshua 24:14
"Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Judges 9:16
And, now, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted, when ye make Abimelech king; and if ye have done good with Jerubbaal, and with his house; and if according to the deed of his hands ye have done to him --
(YLT)

Judges 9:19
yea, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and he doth rejoice -- even he -- in you;
(YLT)

Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
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Isaiah 33:15
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
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Sincere (18 Occurrences)

Simplicity (12 Occurrences)

Integrity (46 Occurrences)

Doubtful (4 Occurrences)

Demonstrated (2 Occurrences)

Thomas (12 Occurrences)

Seem (115 Occurrences)

Sinew (2 Occurrences)

Sincerely (8 Occurrences)

Wrong (391 Occurrences)

You-ward (9 Occurrences)

Yeast (48 Occurrences)

Nathanael (6 Occurrences)

Unfaltering (1 Occurrence)

Unleavened (51 Occurrences)

Uncorruptness (1 Occurrence)

Oppressed (81 Occurrences)

Open (586 Occurrences)

Libertines (1 Occurrence)

Lip (20 Occurrences)

Lydia (5 Occurrences)

Liberally (4 Occurrences)

Liberality (7 Occurrences)

Liberal (11 Occurrences)

Gravity (3 Occurrences)

Glorying (27 Occurrences)

Godly (50 Occurrences)

Glorifying (21 Occurrences)

Incorruptness (1 Occurrence)

Insincerity (5 Occurrences)

Insincerely (3 Occurrences)

Furnishing (3 Occurrences)

Fleshly (15 Occurrences)

Festival (62 Occurrences)

Testifies (19 Occurrences)

Transparent (7 Occurrences)

Rejoicing (90 Occurrences)

Empty (84 Occurrences)

Earnestness (14 Occurrences)

Especially (23 Occurrences)

Experiment (3 Occurrences)

Earnest (33 Occurrences)

Distrust (1 Occurrence)

Malice (24 Occurrences)

Mischievous (13 Occurrences)

Peddlers (1 Occurrence)

Proud (96 Occurrences)

Proving (14 Occurrences)

Peddling (1 Occurrence)

Peddle (1 Occurrence)

Bathed (45 Occurrences)

Boasting (42 Occurrences)

Behaved (21 Occurrences)

Corrupt (59 Occurrences)

Celebrate (66 Occurrences)

Consciences (12 Occurrences)

Counts (15 Occurrences)

Corrupting (5 Occurrences)

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

Appearances (10 Occurrences)

Abundantly (73 Occurrences)

Ananias (11 Occurrences)

Faith (769 Occurrences)

Singleness (3 Occurrences)

Shewing (23 Occurrences)

Superficial (2 Occurrences)

Honesty (4 Occurrences)

Conversation (30 Occurrences)

Faithfulness (91 Occurrences)

Confidence (103 Occurrences)

Forwardness (2 Occurrences)

Cain (18 Occurrences)

Ourselves (129 Occurrences)

Favour (171 Occurrences)

Boast (86 Occurrences)

Occasion (53 Occurrences)

Pattern (28 Occurrences)

Wickedness (232 Occurrences)

Galatians (2 Occurrences)

(n.) The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.SINCERE; SINCERITY

sin-ser', sin-ser'-i-ti (tamim; aphtharsia, eilikrineia): "Sincerity" occurs once in the Old Testament as the translation of tamim, "complete," "entire," "sincere," etc. (Joshua 24:14); the same word is translated "sincerity" (Judges 9:16, 19, the Revised Version (British and American) "uprightly"). Four different words are rendered "sincere," "sincerely" "sincerity," in the New Testament: adolos, "without guile," "unadulterated," "desire the sincere milk of the word" (1 Peter 2:2 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "the spiritual," the American Revised Version margin "Greek, `belonging to the reason'; compare Romans 12:1," the English Revised Version margin reasonable"), "milk which is without guile," with no other purpose but to nourish and benefit the soul (Alford); hagnos, "without blame," "pure," "preach Christ.... not sincerely" (Philippians 1:17); aphtharsia, "without corruption" (Ephesians 6:24, the King James Version "that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity," the American Standard Revised Version "with a love incorruptible," margin " `in incorruption.' See Romans 2:7," the English Revised Version "uncorruptness"; Titus 2:7, the King James Version "shewing uncorruptness.... sincerity," the Revised Version (British and American) "uncorruptness"); gnesios, "not spurious" (2 Corinthians 8:8); eilikrines, literally, judged of in the sunlight, hence, "clear," "manifest" (Philippians 1:10); eilikrineia, with same meaning, is translated "sincerity" (1 Corinthians 5:8 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17).

The Revised Version (British and American) has "sincere" for "pure" (2 Peter 3:1), "sincerely" for "clearly" (Job 33:3).

In The Wisdom of Solomon 7:25 we have eilikrines in the description of Wisdom as a "pure influence," the Revised Version (British and American) "clear effluence."

W. L. Walker

1505. eilikrineia -- clearness, by impl. purity, sincerity
... purity, sincerity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eilikrineia Phonetic
Spelling: (i-lik-ree'-ni-ah) Short Definition: clearness, sincerity ...
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572. haplotes -- singleness, hence simplicity
... simplicity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: haplotes Phonetic Spelling:
(hap-lot'-ace) Short Definition: simplicity, sincerity, purity Definition ...
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858. aphelotes -- simplicity
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aphelotes Phonetic Spelling:
(af-el-ot'-ace) Short Definition: simplicity, sincerity Definition: simplicity ...
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1103. gnesios -- lawfully begotten, genuine
... Word Origin from ginomai Definition lawfully begotten, genuine NASB Word
Usage sincerity (1), true (3). genuine, true, legitimate. ...
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861. aphtharsia -- incorruptibility
... From aphthartos; incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively)
genuineness -- immortality, incorruption, sincerity. see GREEK aphthartos. ...
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225. aletheia -- truth
... Phonetic Spelling: (al-ay'-thi-a) Short Definition: truth Definition: truth, but
not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the ...
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4339. meshar -- evenness, uprightness, equity
... from yashar Definition evenness, uprightness, equity NASB Word Usage equity (8),
peaceful arrangement (1), right things (1), rightly (1), sincerity (1), smooth ...
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8549. tamim -- complete, sound
... sound NASB Word Usage blameless (22), blamelessly (1), complete (1), entire (1),
full (1), intact (1), integrity (4), perfect (5), sincerity (1), unblemished (2 ...
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The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity
... The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity. A Sermon (No.985). Delivered by. CH SPURGEON,. ...
Oh, to continue in prayer! it is the very test of sincerity. ...
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Sincerity and Hypocrisy.
... DEVOUT EXERCISES. 456. " Sincerity and Hypocrisy. 456. CM Watts. Sincerity
and Hypocrisy. 1 God is a spirit just and wise, He ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/456 sincerity and hypocrisy.htm

Sincerity and Hypocrisy; Or, Formality in Worship, John 4 24 Psalm ...
... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:136. Sincerity and hypocrisy; or, Formality in worship,
John 4. 24. Psalm 139. 23 24. 1 God is a spirit just ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 136111111 sincerity and hypocrisy.htm

Sincerity.
... THE TEACHING OF THE KINGDOM SINCERITY. "Enter ye in by the narrow gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth ...
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This System was Continued, with More Sincerity on the Part of ...
... XIII. This system was continued, with more sincerity on the part of
government¦ This system was continued, with more sincerity ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/xiii this system was continued.htm

Sincerity and Hypocrisy; Or, Formality in Worship. John 4:24; Ps. ...
... HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS IN THREE BOOKS. HYMN 136 Sincerity and hypocrisy; or,
formality in worship. ... CM Sincerity and hypocrisy; or, formality in worship. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 136 sincerity and hypocrisy.htm

Psalm 119:03. Third Part. Profession: of Sincerity, Repentance ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 119:03. Third Part. Profession: of
sincerity, repentance, and obedience. Ver.57 60. 1 Thou ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 119 3 0 third part profession .htm

Psalm 139:3. Third Part. LM Sincerity Professed, and Grace Tried ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 139:3. Third Part. LM Sincerity professed,
and grace tried; or, The heart- searching of God. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/watts/the psalms of david/psalm 139 3 0 third part l.htm

Truth, Sincerity, &C. Phil. 4 8
... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:35. [Supplement.] Truth, sincerity, &c. Phil. 4.
8. 1 Let those who bear the Christian name Their holy vows ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 1 35 supplement truth sincerity.htm

Psalm 18 Part 2 Sincerity Proved and Rewarded.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 18 PART 2 Sincerity proved and rewarded. v.20-26 LM.
Sincerity proved and rewarded. Lord, thou hast seen my soul sincere,. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 18 part 2 sincerity.htm

Sincerity (17 Occurrences)
... SINCERE; SINCERITY. ... (Joshua 24:14); the same word is translated "sincerity" (Judges
9:16, 19, the Revised Version (British and American) "uprightly"). ...
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Sincere (18 Occurrences)
... SINCERE; SINCERITY. ... (Joshua 24:14); the same word is translated "sincerity" (Judges
9:16, 19, the Revised Version (British and American) "uprightly"). ...
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Simplicity (12 Occurrences)
... the Revised Version (British and American) "liberality," margin "Greek: `singleness' ";
2 Corinthians 1:12, "in simplicit and godly sincerity," the Revised ...
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Integrity (46 Occurrences)
... 25:21; Psalm 26:1, 11; 41:12:00; 78:72 Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 20:7), in all which
places it seems to carry the meaning of simplicity, or sincerity of heart ...
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Doubtful (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 13:7 And our prayer to God is that you may do nothing wrong; not in
order that our sincerity may be demonstrated, but that you may do what is ...
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Demonstrated (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 13:7 And our prayer to God is that you may do nothing wrong; not in
order that our sincerity may be demonstrated, but that you may do what is ...
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Thomas (12 Occurrences)
... It was his sincerity which made him to stand aloof from the rest of the disciples
till he had attained to personal conviction regarding the resurrection; but ...
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Seem (115 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 13:7 And our prayer to God is that you may do nothing wrong; not in
order that our sincerity may be demonstrated, but that you may do what is ...
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Sinew (2 Occurrences)

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Sincerely (8 Occurrences)

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Definition and Meaning:
Sincerity refers to the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, or hypocrisy. It is characterized by honesty, genuineness, and transparency in one's actions and words. In a biblical context, sincerity is often associated with purity of heart and intentions, aligning one's inner motives with outward expressions.

Biblical References and Context:
The Bible frequently emphasizes the importance of sincerity in the life of a believer. It is seen as a fundamental aspect of true faith and worship, as well as in relationships with others.

1. Sincerity in Worship and Faith:
Sincerity is crucial in one's relationship with God. In John 4:24, Jesus teaches, "God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." This underscores the necessity of genuine worship that is not merely ritualistic but stems from a sincere heart. Similarly, in 1 Timothy 1:5, Paul writes, "The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith."

2. Sincerity in Love and Relationships:
The Bible calls for sincerity in love and interactions with others. Romans 12:9 instructs, "Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good." This verse highlights that true love is devoid of hypocrisy and is marked by a genuine commitment to goodness and truth.

3. Sincerity in Speech and Conduct:
Sincerity is also reflected in one's speech and behavior. In 2 Corinthians 1:12, Paul speaks of conducting himself "with integrity and godly sincerity, not by human wisdom but by the grace of God." This indicates that sincerity is not only a personal virtue but also a reflection of divine grace at work in a believer's life.

4. Sincerity in Service and Ministry:
The apostle Paul often emphasizes sincerity in ministry. In 2 Corinthians 2:17, he contrasts his ministry with those who "peddle the word of God for profit," stating, "On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God." This highlights the importance of sincerity in proclaiming the Gospel, ensuring that the message is delivered with pure motives.

Theological Significance:
Sincerity is integral to the Christian life, as it reflects the transformation that occurs through the Holy Spirit. It is a manifestation of a heart aligned with God's will, demonstrating authenticity in faith and practice. Sincerity is not merely an external display but a deep-seated quality that influences all aspects of a believer's life.

Practical Application:
Believers are encouraged to cultivate sincerity by examining their motives and aligning their actions with biblical principles. This involves a commitment to truth, integrity, and love in all areas of life. Sincerity fosters trust and credibility, both in one's relationship with God and with others, serving as a testimony to the transformative power of the Gospel.What does the Bible say about sincerity? | GotQuestions.org

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