Guileless (without Guile)
Guileless (without Guile)
“without guile” (a, negative, and dolos, see GUILE), “pure, unadulterated,” is used metaphorically of the teaching of the Word of God, 1Pe 2:2, RV. It is used in the papyri writings of seed, corn, wheat, oil, wine, etc.
lit., “without evil” (a, negative, kakos, “evil”), signifies “simple, guileless,” Rom 16:18, “simple,” of believers (perhaps = unsuspecting, or, rather, innocent, free from admixture of evil); in Heb 7:26, RV, “guileless” (AV, “harmless”), the character of Christ (more lit., “free from evil”). Cp. Sept., Job 2:3; Job 8:20; Pro 1:4; Pro 14:15. See HARMLESS.