Guile

"a bait, snare, deceit," is rendered "guile" in John 1:47 , negatively of Nathanael; Acts 13:10 , RV, AV, "subtlety" (of Bar-Jesus); 2—Corinthians 12:16 , in a charge made against Paul by his detractors, of catching the Corinthian converts by "guile" (the Apostle is apparently quoting the language of his critics); 1—Thessalonians 2:3 , negatively, of the teaching of the Apostle and his fellow missionaries; 1—Peter 2:1 , of that from which Christians are to be free; 1—Peter 2:22 , of the guileless speech of Christ (cp. GUILELESS, No. 2); 1—Peter 3:10 , of the necessity that the speech of Christians should be guileless. See also Matthew 26:4; Mark 7:22; 14:1 . See CRAFT , DECEIT , SUBTLETY.