For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
ἀλήθεια
Vocabulary form:
ajlhvqeia, -aV, hJ
Definition:
truth
Frequency:
109
GK:
237
Root:
ajlhqeia
Cognates:
The girl's name Alethea means "truth."
Alethiology is the science of the truth.
Alethiology is the science of the truth.
Biblical Concordance
Ephesians 4:21 | assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him, as the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) is in Jesus. |
Ephesians 4:24 | And to put on the new self, created in God’s likeness, in the righteousness and holiness that come from the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
Ephesians 4:25 | Therefore put off falsehood and let each one speak the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. |
Ephesians 5:9 | (for the fruit of light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), |
Ephesians 6:14 | Stand therefore, by girding your waist with truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), by putting on the breastplate of righteousness, |
Philippians 1:18 | What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice. |
Colossians 1:5 | Both spring from the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), the gospel, |
Colossians 1:6 | which has come to you. Just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also is it among you from the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem); |
2 Thessalonians 2:10 | and with every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they did not accept the love of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) so as to be saved. |
2 Thessalonians 2:12 | that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) but took pleasure in unrighteousness. |
2 Thessalonians 2:13 | But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits for salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
1 Timothy 2:4 | who wishes all people to be saved and to come into a knowledge of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
1 Timothy 2:7 | It is with reference to this witness that I was appointed a herald and apostle — I am speaking the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem); I am not lying — a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
1 Timothy 3:15 | but if I wait, so that you may know how it is necessary for people to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
1 Timothy 4:3 | forbidding to marry, demanding abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and know the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), |
1 Timothy 6:5 | constant irritations among people who have been corrupted in their mind and have been robbed of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), imagining that godliness is a means of profit. |
2 Timothy 2:15 | Be diligent to present yourself before God as one tried and true, an unashamed worker, correctly handling the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
2 Timothy 2:18 | who have swerved from the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), saying the resurrection has already occurred, and they are upsetting the faith of some. |
2 Timothy 2:25 | in meekness instructing those who oppose you, if perhaps God might grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), |
2 Timothy 3:7 | always learning and never being able to come to a knowledge of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
2 Timothy 3:8 | But just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men are opposing the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), men who have been corrupted in the mind, worthless concerning the faith. |
2 Timothy 4:4 | and they will turn away from listening to the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and wander off into the myths. |
Titus 1:1 | Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of the elect of God and the knowledge of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) that produces godliness, |
Titus 1:14 | not being devoted to Jewish myths and commandments of people who are turning away from the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem). |
Hebrews 10:26 | For if we deliberately persist in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), there is no longer any sacrifice for sins, |
James 1:18 | According to his sovereign plan, he brought us into being through his word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), so that we would be a kind of first fruits of all he created. |
James 3:14 | But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and tell lies against the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
James 5:19 | My brothers, if anyone among you strays from the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and someone brings him back, |
1 Peter 1:22 | Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) so that there is a sincere love for other believers, love one another fervently from a pure heart, |
2 Peter 1:12 | Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) that you now have. |
2 Peter 2:2 | Many will follow their immoral lifestyle, and because of them the way of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) will be maligned. |
1 John 1:6 | If we say that we have fellowship with him but continue to walk in darkness, we lie and are not putting the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) into practice. |
1 John 1:8 | If we say that we are without sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) is not in us. |
1 John 2:4 | The one who says, “I know God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem) is not in him. |
1 John 2:21 | I write to you, not because you do not know the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem). |
1 John 3:18 | Little children, let us love, not in word or speech but in action and truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
1 John 3:19 | And by this we will know that we are of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and will set our conscience at rest in his presence, |
1 John 4:6 | We are from God. The person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) and the spirit of error. |
1 John 5:6 | This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth (alētheia | ἀλήθεια | nom sg fem). |
2 John 1:1 | The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) (and not I alone, but also all who know the truth) (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem), |
2 John 1:2 | because of the truth (alētheian | ἀλήθειαν | acc sg fem) that abides in us and will be with us forever: |
2 John 1:3 | Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem) and in love. |
2 John 1:4 | I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children walking in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), just as we received commandment from the Father. |
3 John 1:1 | From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
3 John 1:3 | For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your fidelity to the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), as indeed you do walk in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
3 John 1:4 | I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
3 John 1:8 | Therefore we ought to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be coworkers for the truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem). |
3 John 1:12 | Everyone has testified favorably regarding Demetrius, and so has the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) itself. And we testify for him as well, and you know that our testimony is true. |