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How the Simple and the Crafty are to be Admonished.
... How the simple and the crafty are to be admonished. (Admonition 12.)
Differently to be admonished are the simple and the insincere. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xi how the simple.htm

Whether Insincerity Hinders the Effect of Baptism?
... Now, a man is said to be insincere by reason of his will being in contradiction
with either Baptism or its effect. For, according to Augustine (De Bapt. cont. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether insincerity hinders the effect.htm

Whether a General Confession Suffices to Blot Out Forgotten Mortal ...
... Therefore he will not be confounded by being repelled, but will be forgiven.
Further, he that confesses is pardoned unless he be insincere. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a general confession suffices.htm

Impressive Phrases
... artful, wily, insincere, and disingenuous. ... theatrical, ceremonious, meretricious,
and ostentatious [meretricious = plausible but insincere]. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section iv impressive phrases.htm

Confession of Sin --A Sermon with Seven Texts
... heart. That double minded man's confession is of no avail. The Insincere
Man. SAUL""I have sinned.""1 Samuel 15:24. III. And ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/confession of sina sermon with.htm

The Paradoxes of Christianity
... Insincere pessimism is a social accomplishment, rather agreeable than otherwise;
and fortunately nearly all pessimism is insincere. ...
/.../chesterton/orthodoxy/vi the paradoxes of christianity.htm

Chapter xxiii
... In a measure this is the case in this instance, however, apparently there is no
idle courtesy or shallow, insincere flattery on the part of Abraham at all, and ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxiii.htm

But Christmas is not only the mile-mark of another year
... sermon against lust is a feature of the age. I venture to call such moralists
insincere. At any excess or perversion of a natural ...
//christianbookshelf.org/stevenson/a christmas sermon/ii.htm

On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
... document. A sincere novel exhibits the simplicity of one particular man;
an insincere novel exhibits the simplicity of mankind. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xv on smart novelists and.htm

Paul and his Requests for Prayer
... If he were insincere, he could lay no claim to their prayers. Praying for him,
it would be a powerful agent in facilitating his visit to them. ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/xv paul and his requests.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.

2. (a.) Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.

Thesaurus

Insincere (2 Occurrences)
... to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; --
said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations. ...
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Insignificant (9 Occurrences)

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Kenosis
... The explanations that assume that Christ knew the day but had no commission to reveal
it are most unsatisfactory, for they place insincere words in His mouth ...
/k/kenosis.htm - 14k

Left-handed (3 Occurrences)
... than the right. 2. (a.) Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister;
malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. 3. (a.) Having a ...
/l/left-handed.htm - 8k

Insincerity (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity,
or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical ...
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Insincerely (3 Occurrences)

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Feigned (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Feign. 2. (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere;
false. Multi-Version Concordance Feigned (8 Occurrences). ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait
flatters him. 7. (vi) To use flattery or insincere praise. ...
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Flattery (11 Occurrences)
... (n.) The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation
or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. ...
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Feigning (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feign. 2. (a.) That feigns; insincere;
not genuine; false. Multi-Version Concordance Feigning (2 Occurrences). ...
/f/feigning.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Insincere (2 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 13:5 Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere?
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 13:6 But I trust that you will recognize that we are not insincere.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Insincere

Related Terms

Insignificant (9 Occurrences)

Kenosis

Left-handed (3 Occurrences)

Insincerity (5 Occurrences)

Insincerely (3 Occurrences)

Feigned (8 Occurrences)

Flatter (5 Occurrences)

Flattery (11 Occurrences)