εἰλικρίνεια
eilikrineia
“sincerity”
Definition
clearness, i.e. (by implication) purity (figuratively)
from G1506 (εἰλικρινής);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
εἰλικρίνεια appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
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