Dictionaries :: Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:

"guileless, pure," is translated "sincere" in 1Pe 2:2, AV, "without guile," RV.
See GUILELESS, No. 1.

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.

Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity:

See PURE, A, No. 3.

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).

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.