2 Timothy 3:5
holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
In Context
4traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Matthew 7:15“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 babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
Ephesians 4:14that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
2 Thessalonians 3:14If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, 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 →