# true, truth, come true #

## Definition: ##

The terms "true" and "truth" refer to concepts that are facts, events that actually happened, and statements that were actually said.

* True things are real, genuine, actual, rightful, legitimate, and factual.
* The truth is an understanding, belief, fact, or statement that is true.
* The expression "come true" or "came true" is an expression that means that a prophecy actually happened as it was predicted that it would.
* Truth includes the concept of acting in a way that is reliable and faithful.
* Jesus revealed God's truth in the words that he spoke.
* 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.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* 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."
* Ways to translate the term "truth" could include, "what is true" or "fact" or "certainty" or "principle."
* The expression "come true" could also be translated as, "actually happen" or "be fulfilled" or "happen as predicted." 
* 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."
* To "accept the truth" could be translated as, "believe what is true about God."
* 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."

(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))

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Corinthians 05:6-8](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/1co/05/06)
* [1 John 01:5-7](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/1jn/01/05)
* [1 John 02:7-8](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/1jn/02/07)
* [3 John 01:5-8](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/3jn/01/05)
* [Acts 26:24-26](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/act/26/24)
* [Colossians 01:4-6](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/col/01/04)
* [Genesis 47:29-31](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/47/29)
* [James 01:17-18](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jas/01/17)
* [James 03:13-14](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jas/03/13)
* [James 05:19-20](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jas/05/19)
* [Jeremiah 04:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jer/04/01)
* [John 01:9](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jhn/01/09)
* [John 01:16-18](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jhn/01/16)
* [John 01:49-51](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jhn/01/49)
* [John 03:31-33](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jhn/03/31)
* [Joshua 07:19-21](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jos/07/19)
* [Lamentations 05:19-22](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/lam/05/19)
* [Matthew 08:8-10](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mat/08/08)
* [Matthew 12:15-17](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mat/12/15)
* [Philippians 01:18-19](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/php/01/18)
* [Psalm 026:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/psa/026/001)
* [Revelation 01:19-20](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/rev/01/19)
* [Revelation 15:3-4](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/rev/15/03)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

  __*[02-04](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/02-04)__ The snake responded to the woman, "That is not __true__! You will not die."
  __*[14-06](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/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!"
  __*[16-01](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/16-01)__ The Israelites began to worship the Canaanite gods instead of Yahweh, the __true __ God.
  __*[31-08](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/31-08)__ They worshiped Jesus, saying to him, "__Truly__, you are the Son of God." 
  __*[39-10](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/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__?"