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sim - plis´i - ti ( פּתיּוּת , pethayyūth ; ἁπλότης , haplótēs ): The words in the Old Testament commonly translated "simplicity" are pethı̄ , "simple" ( Proverbs 1:22 ), pethayyūth , "simplicity" (Romans 9:13 margin), tōm , "completeness," "integrity" (2 Samuel 15:11 ), "They went in their simplicity." In the New Testament, haplotēs , "singleness of mind," "simplicity," occurs in Romans 12:8 , "He that giveth let him do it with simplicity," the Revised Version (British and American) "liberality," margin "Greek: 'singleness'"; 2 Corinthians 1:12 , "in simplicit and godly sincerity," the Revised Version (British and American) (with corrected text) "in holiness and sincerity of God"; 2 Corinthians 11:3 , "the simplicity that is in Christ," the Revised Version (British and American) (with corrected text) "the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ"; compare Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22 , where the translation is "singleness" In The Wisdom of Solomon 1:1 we have, "Think ye of the Lord with a good mind (the King James Version "heart"), and in singleness (the King James Version "simplicity") of heart seek ye him" (haplotēs ). our Lord also speaks (Matthew 6:22; Luke 11:34 ) of the "single eye" ( haploús ), and James (James 1:5 ) applies haplṓs , "simply," "directly," without after-thought (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "liberally") to God, who had been described by Plato (Rep . ii. 382 E ) as being perfectly simple (haplous ) and true, both in word and deed. In such "simplicity" - openness, sincerity, freedom from double-mindedness - man most resembles God and is most open to His visitation and blessing.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Simplicity'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​s/simplicity.html. 1915.
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