2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; and from these turn away.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
In Context
4betrayers, headlong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Cross References
Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law;
Ephesians 4:14that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, by cunning craftiness after the wily manner of error;
2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any one obeys not our word by this letter, mark that man, and keep not company with him, 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 →