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Adjective alēthēs (true, valid, sincere) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV)
Matthew
| 22: 16 | So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere (alēthēs), and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. |
Mark
| 12: 14 | And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that that you are sincere (alēthēs), and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not? |
John
| 3: 33 | Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified this, that God is true (alēthēs). |
| 4: 18 | for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true (alēthēs)!" |
| 5: 31 | "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true (alēthēs). |
| 5: 32 | There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true (alēthēs). |
| 6: 55 | for my flesh is true (alēthēs) food and my blood is true (alēthēs) drink. |
| 7: 18 | Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true (alēthēs), and there is nothing false in him. |
| 8: 13 | Then the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid (alēthēs)." |
| 8: 14 | Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid (alēthēs) because I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
| 8: 17 | In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid (alēthēs). |
| 8: 26 | I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true (alēthēs), and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." |
| 10: 41 | Many came to him, and they were saying, "John performed no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true (alēthēs)." |
| 19: 35 | (He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true (alēthēs), and he knows that he tells the truth.) |
| 21: 24 | This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true (alēthēs). |
Acts
| 12: 9 | Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening with the angel's help was real; he thought he was seeing a vision. |
1 John
| 2: 8 | Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true (alēthēs) in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true (alēthēs) light is already shining. |
| 2: 27 | As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true (alēthēs) and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
3 John
| 1: 12 | Everyone has testified favorably about Demetrius, and so has the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true (alēthēs). |
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