1 Timothy 4:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων· κεκαυτηριασμένων τὴν ἰδίαν συνείδησιν·

Transliteration

In hypokrisei pseudologōn; kekautēriasmenōn the idian syneidēsin;

Grammar Details

• *hypokrisei*: dative, feminine, singular - hypocrisy/pretense
• *pseudologōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - speaking lies/liars
• *kekautēriasmenōn*: perfect, passive, participle, genitive, masculine, plural - having been seared/cauterized
• *idian*: accusative, feminine, singular - own/one's own
• *syneidēsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - conscience/consciousness

Word Meanings

• *hypokrisei*: hypocrisy/pretense/insincerity
• *pseudologōn*: liars/those speaking falsehoods/false speakers
• *kekautēriasmenōn*: having been seared/cauterized/branded
• *syneidēsin*: conscience/moral consciousness/awareness

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:19 : 19 who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
• Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord {G2424} Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
• Eph 4:14 : 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, {G3588} after the wiles of error;
• 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
• Rev 16:14 : 14 for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth {G3739} {G1607} unto the kings {G1093} {G2532} of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
• 1 Kgs 13:18 : 18 And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied unto him.
• 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• Isa 9:15 : 15 The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
• Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
• Jer 23:14 : 14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
• Jer 23:32 : 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.
• Dan 8:23-25 : 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people. 25 And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
• Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
• Acts 20:30 : 30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;