The Church: Its Organization, Order and Discipline

26 CAUTION TO THE CHURCH

“BUT I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:3. COOD 140.1

Greenfield, in his lexicon, says that the Greek word aplotetos, here rendered simplicity, means sincerity, and purity. It is used in Romans 12:8 with reference to giving to aid the needy, and for the support of the cause. In 2 Corinthians 1:12 the same term applies to conversation, which word, anasrophe, is defined “mode of life, conduct, deportment.” COOD 140.2