2 Timothy 3:5
holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
In Context
4traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;
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, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Romans 2:20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;
Ephesians 4:14that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
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 →