Quotes about Authenticity
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
— Matthew 6:5
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
— Matthew 6:16
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
— Matthew 7:20
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
— Matthew 15:8
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
— Matthew 23:26
A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
— Romans 2:28
No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.
— Romans 2:29
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
— Romans 9:1
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
— 1 Corinthians 13:1
We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
— 2 Corinthians 5:12
through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
— 2 Corinthians 6:8
Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
— 2 Corinthians 10:11