Bible verse

2 Timothy 3:5

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

2 Timothy 3:5 · BSB

2 Timothy 3:5 in context

The verses around it, from 2 Timothy 3.

1 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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

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

5 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.

8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

9 But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

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2 Timothy 3:5 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

ERV

holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

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