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Evil in the Last Days

2 Timothy 3:5

In 9 translations

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 thereof: from these also turn away.
LSV
having a form of piety, but having denied its power; and be turning away from these,
YLT
having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,
DBY
having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.
DRC
Having an appearance indeed of godliness, but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.
GNV
Hauing a shewe of godlinesse, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therefore from such.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι· καὶ τούτους ἀποτρέπου.
RP2018
ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι· καὶ τούτους ἀποτρέπου.
TR-Boyd
ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι· καὶ τούτους ἀποτρέπου.
SCR1894
εχοντες μορφωσιν ευσεβειας την δε δυναμιν αυτης ηρνημενοι και τουτους αποτρεπου

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 29:13Therefore 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.
  • Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
  • Matthew 23:27–28Woe 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. In the same way, on the…
  • 1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
  • Romans 2:20–24an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you…
  • Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  • Titus 3:10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
  • Ezekiel 33:30–32As 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…
  • 2 Timothy 2:16But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
  • Romans 16:17–18Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their…
  • 2 John 1:10–12If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds. I have many things to write to you, but I would…
  • 2 Timothy 2:23But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
  • Isaiah 58:1–3“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation…
  • Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
  • 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
  • Isaiah 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or…

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