Sincere, Sincerity
Sincere, Sincerity
sin-ser, sin-seri-ti (, tamm; , aphtharsa, , eilikrneia): Sincerity occurs once in the Old Testament as the translation of tamm, complete, entire, sincere, etc. (Jos 24:14); the same word is translated sincerity (Jdg 9:16, Jdg 9:19, 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 (1Pe 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 Rom 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 (Phi 1:17); aphtharsia, without corruption (Eph 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 Rom 2:7, the English Revised Version uncorruptness; Tit 2:7, the King James Version shewing uncorruptness … sincerity, the Revised Version (British and American) uncorruptness); gnesios, not spurious (2Co 8:8); eilikrines, literally,, judged of in the sunlight, hence, clear, manifest (Phi 1:10); eilikrineia, with same meaning, is translated sincerity (1Co 5:8; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 2:17).
The Revised Version (British and American) has sincere for pure (2Pe 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.