2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the same: and from these turn away.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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
Matthew 7:15But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves.
Romans 2:20a teacher of the juveniles, having a form of knowledge and truth in the law;
Ephesians 4:14in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion;
2 Thessalonians 3:14But if any one does not obey our word through the epistle, note him; do not keep company with him; in order 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 →