deceivableness love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Liability to be deceived.
  • noun 2. Liability to deceive; deceitfulness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Capability of deceiving.
  • noun Liability to be deceived or misled.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or quality of being deceivable.

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Examples

  • And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Lord Jesus shall slay with the spirit of His mouth, and destroy by the presence of His coming; whose coming [i.e., the wicked one's] is after the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and portents of lies, and with all deceivableness of wickedness for those who perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • And oft it is uncertain, whether it be the necessary care of the body which is yet asking for sustenance, or whether a voluptuous deceivableness of greediness is proffering its services.

    The Confessions 1999

  • And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, Is. 11.4 and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, Mt. 24.24 and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    2 Thessalonians 2. 1999

  • With what deceivableness of unrighteousness and lies in hypocrisy the late grand attempt of those in Scotland, with their adherents (which also was of the former, and is gone into destruction), was carried on, is in some measure now made naked, to the loathing of its abominations.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • And oft it is uncertain whether it be the necessary care of the body which is yet asking for sustenance, or whether a voluptuous deceivableness of greediness is proffering its services.

    The Tenth Book 1909

  • First, therefore, it is necessary that the Gospel should be preached among all nations [2716]: And then shall that wicked one be revealed, even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders [2717], with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, whom the Lord shall consume with the word of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming [2718].

    NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

  • Circles and spiritual jugglery I regard as the lying signs and wonders, with all deceivableness of unrighteousness; but there is a real scriptural spiritualism which has fallen into disuse, and must be revived, and there are, doubtless, people who, from some constitutional formation, can more readily receive the impressions of the surrounding spiritual world.

    The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward 1889

  • Satan “works with all deceivableness of unrighteousness” to gain control of the children of men; and his deceptions will continually increase.

    The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Ellen Gould Harmon White 1871

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