ἁπλότης: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἁπλητος, ἡ, [[singleness]], [[simplicity]], [[sincerity]], [[mental]] [[honesty]]; the [[virtue]] of [[one]] [[who]] is [[free]] from [[pretence]] and [[dissimulation]] (so in Greek writings from [[Xenophon]], Cyril 1,4, 3; [[Hell]]. 6,1, 18 [[down]]): ἐν ἁπλότητι (L T Tr WH ἁγιοτητι) καί [[εἰλικρίνεια]] θεοῦ i. e. infused by God [[through]] the Spirit (Winer's Grammar, § 36,3b.), ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας (לֵבָב יֹשֶׁר, [[εἰς]] Χριστόν, [[sincerity]] of [[mind]] toward Christ, i. e. [[single]]-hearted [[faith]] in Christ, as opposed to false [[wisdom]] in matters pertaining to Christianity, ἐν ἁπλότητι in [[simplicity]], i. e. [[without]] [[self-seeking]], [[openness]] of [[heart]] manifesting itself by benefactions, [[liberality]], (Josephus, Antiquities 7,13, 4; [[but]] in [[opposition]] [[see]] Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., 62 f): τῆς κοινωνίας, manifested by fellowship). Cf. Kling [[under]] the [[word]] 'Einfalt' in Herzog iii., p. 723f.