2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
In Context
4False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
Isaiah 58:1Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
Matthew 7:15Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
Romans 2:20A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
Ephesians 4:14So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 3:2-10
Marks of Perilous Times. ( a. d. 66.) 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of… Read the whole commentary →