Web 2 timothy 3:5 kj21 having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: Web (5) having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof. 6 for of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. English revised version holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: This implies that the persons described professed to be religious, worshipers of god in outward form. Turn away from such as these! Web those who have a form of godliness but reject god are often false teachers. Come you to jesus christ, dear souls. —keeping up a show of observing the outward forms of religion, but renouncing its power and its influence over the heart and the life;
Amp holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. The “form” of godliness is not all: Shewing openly that they neither acknowledged its. —keeping up a show of observing the outward forms of religion, but renouncing its power and its influence over the heart and the life; It is not just that they profess to know god and yet live lives void of god; Web those who have a form of godliness are those who make an outward display of religion. Shewing openly that they neither acknowledged its. There is no power behind their religion, as evidenced in the fact that their lives are unchanged. Web (5) having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof. From these also turn away. Web learn from the text that there is something in godliness worth the having.
