Truthfulness

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him the whole truth.

“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel

that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.

He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—

because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.

I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:

For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.