What does genuine mean?????? --- something that is pure; not fake; a real thing; like a diamond ring; or gold after it has ben heated a little beyond the melting point so the impurity's rise to the top and is skimmed off.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia --- The Gr word occurs only in the NT (1 Tim 1:5; 2 Tim 1:5) and is designative of the moral quality of faith as “the mark of transparency and simplicity of soul—the most complete and distinct exponent of a man’s character—the natural hypothesis of a pure and good heart—a readiness to believe in goodness”
