2 Timothy 3:5

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;

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 29:13

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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  • Titus 1:16

    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

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  • Matthew 23:27–28

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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  • Romans 2:20–24

    An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

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  • Matthew 7:15

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

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  • Titus 3:10

    A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

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  • Ezekiel 33:30–32

    Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

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