誠実さに関する18の聖句

In the Bible, God looks at the heart while people look at outward appearance. He says so to Samuel as Samuel looks over Jesse’s sons (1 Samuel 16:7). Jesus condemns religious leaders who appear righteous on the outside but inside are “full of hypocrisy and wickedness” (Matthew 23:28), and he warns against practising righteousness “to be seen” (Matthew 6:1). The word Jesus uses for those teachers of the law and Pharisees is hupokrites, which first meant a stage actor playing…