2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of godliness, but strangers to the power of it: from such turn away.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
In Context
4headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
Cross References
Matthew 7:15And beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Romans 2:20a light to them that are in the darkness, an instructor of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth which is in the law.
Ephesians 4:14That we may be no longer children fluctuating and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the artful insinuations of men, and their crafty methods of deceiving;
2 Thessalonians 3:14by this epistle, mark such a one, and do not keep company with him, 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 →