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2 Timothy 3:5

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3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

6 They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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BSB
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
KJV
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
WEB
holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
ASV
holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away.
DARBY
having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.
BLB
having a form of godliness but having denied its power. And turn away from these.
ÅB
som har gudfryktighets skinn, men fornekter dens kraft - og disse skal du vende deg fra.
OTB
som har en form for gudsfrykt, men fornekter dens kraft; unngå slike mennesker.
B1930
som har gudfryktighets skinn, men fornekter dens kraft - og disse skal du vende dig fra.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 29:13

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

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  • Titus 1:16

    They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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  • Matthew 23:27–28

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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  • Romans 2:20–24

    an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

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  • Matthew 7:15

    Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

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  • Titus 3:10

    Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

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  • Ezekiel 33:30–32

    As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

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