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Dishonesty (τῆς αἰσχύνης)
Rev., more correctly, shame. Compare Eph 5:12.
Craftiness (πανουργίᾳ)
See on Luk 20:23.
Handling deceitfully (δολοῦντες)
Only here in the New Testament. Primarily, to ensnare; then to corrupt. Used of adulterating gold, wine, etc. See on which corrupt, 2Co 2:17. This verb has a narrower meaning than the one used there (καπηλεύειν); for, while that means also to corrupt, it adds the sense for gain's sake. The Vulgate renders both by the same word, adulterantes. Compare Dante:
“Thus did Sabellius, Arius, and those fools
Who have been even as swords unto the Scriptures
In rendering distorted their straight faces.”
“Paradiso,” xiii., 128-130.