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# true, truth, come true #
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## Definition: ##
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The term "truth" refers to one or more concepts that are facts, events that actually happened, and statements that were actually said. Such concepts are said to be “true.”
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* True things are real, genuine, actual, rightful, legitimate, and factual.
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* The truth is an understanding, belief, fact, or statement that is true.
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* To say that a prophecy “came true” or “will come true” mean that it actually happened as predicted or that it will happen that way.
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* Truth includes the concept of acting in a way that is reliable and faithful.
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* Jesus revealed God's truth in the words that he spoke.
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* God's word is truth. It tells about things that actually happened and teaches what is true about God and about everything he has made.
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## Translation Suggestions: ##
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* Depending on the context and what is being described, the term "true" could also be translated by "real" or "factual" or "correct" or "right" or "certain" or "genuine."
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* Ways to translate the term "truth" could include "what is true" or "fact" or "certainty" or "principle."
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* The expression "come true" could also be translated as "actually happen" or "be fulfilled" or "happen as predicted."
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* The expression "tell the truth" or "speak the truth" could also be translated as "say what is true" or "tell what really happened" or "say things that are reliable."
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* To "accept the truth" could be translated as "believe what is true about God."
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* In an expression such as "worship God in spirit and in truth," the expression "in truth" could also be translated by "faithfully obeying what God has taught us."
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(See also: [believe](../kt/believe.md), [faithful](../kt/faithful.md), [fulfill](../kt/fulfill.md), [obey](../other/obey.md), [prophet](../kt/prophet.md), [understand](../other/understand.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Corinthians 05:6-8](en/tn/1co/help/05/06)
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* [1 John 01:5-7](en/tn/1jn/help/01/05)
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* [1 John 02:7-8](en/tn/1jn/help/02/07)
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* [3 John 01:5-8](en/tn/3jn/help/01/05)
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* [Acts 26:24-26](en/tn/act/help/26/24)
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* [Colossians 01:4-6](en/tn/col/help/01/04)
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* [Genesis 47:29-31](en/tn/gen/help/47/29)
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* [James 01:17-18](en/tn/jas/help/01/17)
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* [James 03:13-14](en/tn/jas/help/03/13)
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* [James 05:19-20](en/tn/jas/help/05/19)
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* [Jeremiah 04:1-3](en/tn/jer/help/04/01)
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* [John 01:9](en/tn/jhn/help/01/09)
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* [John 01:16-18](en/tn/jhn/help/01/16)
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* [John 01:49-51](en/tn/jhn/help/01/49)
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* [John 03:31-33](en/tn/jhn/help/03/31)
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* [Joshua 07:19-21](en/tn/jos/help/07/19)
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* [Lamentations 05:19-22](en/tn/lam/help/05/19)
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* [Matthew 08:8-10](en/tn/mat/help/08/08)
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* [Matthew 12:15-17](en/tn/mat/help/12/15)
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* [Psalm 026:1-3](en/tn/psa/help/26/01)
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* [Revelation 01:19-20](en/tn/rev/help/01/19)
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* [Revelation 15:3-4](en/tn/rev/help/15/03)
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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__*[02:04](en/tn/obs/help/02/04)__ The snake responded to the woman, "That is not __true__! You will not die."
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__*[14:06](en/tn/obs/help/14/06)__ Immediately Caleb and Joshua, the other two spies, said, "It is __true __ that the people of Canaan are tall and strong, but we can certainly defeat them!"
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__*[16:01](en/tn/obs/help/16/01)__ The Israelites began to worship the Canaanite gods instead of Yahweh, the __true __ God.
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__*[31:08](en/tn/obs/help/31/08)__ They worshiped Jesus, saying to him, "__Truly__, you are the Son of God."
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__*[39:10](en/tn/obs/help/39/10)__ "I have come to earth to tell the __truth__ about God. Everyone who loves the __truth__ listens to me." Pilate said, "What is __truth__?" |