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Noun alētheia (truth) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 22: 16 | So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth (alētheia), and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. |
Mark
| 5: 33 | But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth (alētheia). |
| 12: 14 | And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth (alētheia). Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not? |
| 12: 32 | Then the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; in accordance with truth (alētheia) you have said that 'he is one, and besides him there is no other'; |
Luke
| 4: 25 | But the truth (alētheia) is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; |
| 20: 21 | So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show deference to no one, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth (alētheia). |
| 22: 59 | Then about an hour later still another kept insisting, "In accordance with truth (alētheia) this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean." |
John
| 1: 14 | And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth (alētheia). |
| 1: 17 | The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth (alētheia) came through Jesus Christ. |
| 3: 21 | But those who do the truth (alētheia) come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God." |
| 4: 23 | But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth (alētheia), for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. |
| 4: 24 | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth (alētheia)." |
| 5: 33 | You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth (alētheia). |
| 8: 32 | and you will know the truth (alētheia), and the truth (alētheia) will make you free." |
| 8: 40 | but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth (alētheia) that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. |
| 8: 44 | You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth (alētheia), because there is no truth (alētheia) in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. |
| 8: 45 | But because I tell the truth (alētheia), you do not believe me. |
| 8: 46 | Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth (alētheia), why do you not believe me? |
| 14: 6 | Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth (alētheia), and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
| 14: 17 | This is the Spirit of truth (alētheia), whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. |
| 15: 26 | "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth (alētheia) who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. |
| 16: 7 | Nevertheless I tell you the truth (alētheia): it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. |
| 16: 13 | When the Spirit of truth (alētheia) comes, he will guide you into all the truth (alētheia); for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. |
| 17: 17 | Sanctify them in the truth (alētheia); your word is truth (alētheia). |
| 17: 19 | And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth (alētheia). |
| 18: 37 | Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth (alētheia). Everyone who belongs to the truth (alētheia) listens to my voice." |
| 18: 38 | Pilate asked him, "What is truth (alētheia)?" After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, "I find no case against him. |
Acts
| 4: 27 | For in this city, in accordance with truth (alētheia), both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, |
| 10: 34 | Then Peter began to speak to them: "In accordance with truth (alētheia) I understand that God shows no partiality, |
| 26: 25 | But Paul said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth (alētheia). |
1 John
| 1: 6 | If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do the truth (alētheia); |
| 1: 8 | If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth (alētheia) is not in us. |
| 2: 4 | Whoever says, "I have come to know him," but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth (alētheia) does not exist; |
| 2: 21 | I write to you, not because you do not know the truth (alētheia), but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth (alētheia). |
| 3: 18 | Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth (alētheia) and action. |
| 3: 19 | And by this we will know that we are from the truth (alētheia) and will reassure our hearts before him |
| 4: 6 | We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth (alētheia) and the spirit of error. |
| 5: 6 | This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth (alētheia). |
2 John
| 1: 1 | The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth (alētheia), and not only I but also all who know the truth (alētheia), |
| 1: 2 | because of the truth (alētheia) that abides in us and will be with us forever: |
| 1: 3 | Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth (alētheia) and love. |
| 1: 4 | I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth (alētheia), just as we have been commanded by the Father. |
3 John
| 1: 1 | The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth (alētheia). |
| 1: 3 | I was overjoyed when some of the friends arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth (alētheia), namely how you walk in the truth (alētheia). |
| 1: 4 | I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth (alētheia). |
| 1: 8 | Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth (alētheia). |
| 1: 12 | Everyone has testified favorably about Demetrius, and so has the truth (alētheia) itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true. |
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