having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. From such turn away.
holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them.
For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people.
holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people.
They will look like they are religious but deny God’s power. Avoid people like this.
as they retain the outer form of religion but deny its power. Stay away from these people!
Even though they will make a show of being religious, their religion won't be real. Don't have anything to do with such people.
having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.
holding a form of godliness but having denied the power of it. Indeed, be turning-away-from these ones.
Having an appearance indeed of godliness, but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.
They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!
Those people will seem to be serving God. But really they refuse to accept God's power to help them. You must stay away from people like that.
holding to an outward form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such people.
having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
·and will act as if they serve God [L having a form/appearance of godliness/piety] but will ·not have his [or deny his/its] power. ·Stay away from [Avoid] those people.
Having a show of godliness, but have denied the power thereof: turn away therefore from such.
They will appear to have a godly life, but they will not let its power change them. Stay away from such people.
they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.
holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!
They will continue to act as if they serve God, but they will not really serve God. Stay away from those people.
They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.
But you must realise that in the last days the times will be full of danger. Men will become utterly self-centred, greedy for money, full of big words. They will be proud and contemptuous, without any regard for what their parents taught them. They will be utterly lacking in gratitude, purity and normal human affections. They will be men of unscrupulous speech and have no control of themselves. They will be passionate and unprincipled, treacherous, self-willed and conceited, loving all the time what gives them pleasure instead of loving God. They will maintain a facade of “religion”, but their conduct will deny its validity. You must keep clear of people like this.
having the appearance of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
holding to a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Keep away from such men as these.
maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these people.
They will go to church, yes, but they won’t really believe anything they hear. Don’t be taken in by people like that.
Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.
having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Turn away from such people.
having the appearance of godliness · but denying its power; and so avoid these people.
They will appear to have a godly life, but they will not let its power change them. Stay away from such people.
as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power. Reject them.
holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.
holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
as they maintain the appearance of godliness but deny its power. Avoid persons like that!
and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people.
They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.
They will act as if they were serving God. But what they do will show that they have turned their backs on God’s power. Have nothing to do with these people.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
They will do things to make it look as if they are Christians. But they will not receive the power that is for a Christian. Keep away from such people.
They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
having a similitude of godly living, but who have denied the power thereof – and from such, turn away.
holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!
holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!
holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!
holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!
holding on to a pattern of godliness but denying its power. Avoid people like that!
Having an outward form of chasidus but the ko’ach having denied. Turn away from these.
appearing to be godly but denying its power. And from such turn away!
holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.
holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.
holding to an outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!
Even though they may look or act like godly people, they’re not. They deny His power. I tell you: Stay away from the likes of these.
holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
They act as if they worshipped God, yet they do not let God's power work in their lives. Keep away from people like that.
having the likeness of piety, but denying the virtue of it. And eschew thou these men.
having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,
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