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18 Bible Verses About Authenticity

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Summary

  • In 1 Samuel 16:7 God tells Samuel that he looks at the heart, and 1 Samuel 16:12 still describes David as having “a fine appearance”.
  • The word hypocrite in Matthew 23 translates hupokrites, a stage actor playing an assumed character.
  • Matthew 6:1-18 applies the warning against being seen to giving, prayer and fasting, and says each done for show has “received their reward in full”.
  • The NIV’s “sincere” in Romans 12:9, 1 Timothy 1:5 and 1 Peter 1:22 translates anupokritos, without hypocrisy.
  • Job 27:4-6 describes integrity as refusing to lie about oneself, even while accusing God of denying justice.

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…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 5273, ὑποκριτής (hupokrites): an actor under an assumed character; figuratively, a hypocrite. biblehub.com/greek/5273

Strong’s Greek 505, ἀνυπόκριτος (anupokritos): unfeigned, sincere, without hypocrisy; used in Romans 12:9, 1 Timothy 1:5 and 1 Peter 1:22. biblehub.com/greek/505

Strong’s Greek 5272, ὑπόκρισις (hupokrisis): hypocrisy; used in 1 Peter 2:1. biblehub.com/greek/5272

Strong’s Greek 1505, εἰλικρίνεια (eilikrineia): clearness; by implication, purity or sincerity; used in 2 Corinthians 1:12. biblehub.com/greek/1505

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