DMS_GL_my_tw/bible/kt/hypocrite/01.md

hypocrite, hypocrisy

Definition

A hypocrite is a person who claims to be more righteous than he really is. Hypocrisy is the act of being a hypocrite.

• Hypocrites want to be seen doing good things so that people will think that they are good people.
• Often a hypocrite will criticize other people for doing the same sinful things that they themselves do.
• Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites because they did religious things like wearing certain clothes and eating certain foods, but they were not kind or fair to people.
• A hypocrite points out faults in other people, but doesn't admit his own faults.

Translation Suggestions

• Some languages have an idiom like "two-faced" that refers to a hypocrite or a hypocrite's actions.
• Other ways to translate "hypocrite" could include, "fraud" or "pretender" or "arrogant, deceitful person."
• The term "hypocrisy" could be translated by, "deception" or "fake actions" or "pretending."