2 Timothy 3:5

wearing a form of godliness while having denied its power! You must avoid such people;

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In The King James Version

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

In Context

4betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

6because they are the sort that press into households and ‘capture’ gullible women loaded down with sins, who are led along by various lusts,

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Cross References

Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.

Ephesians 4:14so that we no longer be ‘infants’, tossed about as by waves and carried off by every doctrinal fad, through the underhanded dealings of the people who collect the fee for the error;

2 Thessalonians 3:14If anyone does not obey our word in this letter, take note of him and do not associate 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 →

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