v. Sincerity
Gen 20:5 with s of my heart and .. I have done this
2Co 1:12 with s.. we have led in the world
Eph 6:5 obey .. with s of your heart
– Be simple, like children, whoever is not, will not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven, Mat 18:1-3, Mat 19:13-15.
– God’s predilection for simple souls, Mat 11:25-26, Luc 10:21-23.
– The Virgin Mary, Luke 1:48-53.
– Moses: Num 11:3.
– Be simple as doves, Mat 10:16.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
Personal quality that makes the treatment smooth, the ways of speaking and acting humble, the desires moderate, the boasts neutral or null.
It should not be confused with simplicity, understood as a lack of sufficient insight to notice reality, to intuit the intentions of others, to elucidate the appropriateness of action.
Simplicity is a virtue that always ends up pleasing others. Simplicity is a defect that leads to the irony of others and to one’s own dissatisfaction.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
aphelotes (ajfelovth”, 858), denotes simplicity (Act 2:46 “simplicity”), a term for which Moulton and Milligan suggest, based on examples from the papyri, the meaning of “unworldly simplicity”; what is denoted by this is an unrepentant benevolence expressed in an active way.¶ Note: For Japlotes, translated “simplicity” in Eph 6:5 (and also in various texts, including TR, in 2Co 1:12), see GENEROSITY, A, No. 1, LIBERALITY.
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary