Faith Unfeigned

Third: We now arrive at the third thing in verse 5, "Faith unfeigned." It refers, I believe, to the manner in which we hold that which has been revealed and which we hold by faith. Where something is feigned, there is a pretense to something which is not real. When such is the case, we are simply deceiving ourselves, and under such conditions could hardly be a channel that the Lord can use. (See 2 Tim. 3:13; James 1:22.)
These three things-love, good conscience, and faith unfeigned-are followed by the statement in verses 6 and 7: "From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm," or, as in another translation, "or concerning what they so strenuously affirm”