Sincerity

Sincerity is being genuine and without pretense before God and others. This page lists verses on serving God in sincerity, love without hypocrisy, sincere speech, being without guile, serving from the heart, and truth in the inward parts.

Serving God in sincerity and truth

• Joshua 24:14
  Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
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• 1 Samuel 12:24
  Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
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• John 4:23-24
  ²³But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. ²⁴God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
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• Psalm 145:18
  The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
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• Ephesians 6:24
  Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
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Love without pretense

• Romans 12:9
  Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
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• 1 Peter 1:22
  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
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• 1 John 3:18
  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
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• 1 Timothy 1:5
  Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
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• 2 Corinthians 6:6
  By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
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• 2 Corinthians 8:8
  I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
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Sincere speech and preaching

• 2 Corinthians 1:12
  For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
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• 2 Corinthians 2:17
  For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
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• 1 Thessalonians 2:3-5
  ³For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery. ⁴But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. ⁵For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
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• Titus 2:7-8
  ⁷In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, ⁸Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
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Without guile

• John 1:47
  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
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• Psalm 32:2
  Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
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• 1 Peter 2:22
  Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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• Psalm 34:13
  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
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• 1 Peter 2:1
  Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
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From the heart

• Colossians 3:22-23
  ²²Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord. ²³And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
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• Matthew 18:35
  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
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• Isaiah 38:3
  And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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• 2 Timothy 1:5
  When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
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Truth in the inward parts

• Psalm 51:6
  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
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• Psalm 15:1-2
  ¹LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? ²He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
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• Philippians 1:9-10
  ⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, ¹⁰That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
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• 1 Corinthians 5:8
  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
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See also

• Integrity
• Hypocrisy
• Truth
• Heart
• Love
• Motives

Notes

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