2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
In Context
4traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Matthew 7:15But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:
Ephesians 4:14in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
2 Thessalonians 3:14But if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself;
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 →