Unfeigned un-fand' (anupokritos, "unfeigned," "undisguised"): The Greek word occurs only in the New Testament (1 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 1:5) and is designative of the moral quality of faith as "the mark of transparency and simplicity of soul-the most complete and distinct exponent of a man's character-the natural hypothesis of a pure and good heart-a readiness to believe in goodness" (Martineau, Hours of Thought, First Series, 86 ff). Compare 2 Corinthians 6:6, 1 Peter 1:22, James 3:17.


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