Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - 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.
- 新标点和合本 - 有敬虔的外貌，却背了敬虔的实意；这等人你要躲开。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 有敬虔的外貌，却背弃了敬虔的实质，这等人你要避开。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 有敬虔的外貌，却背弃了敬虔的实质，这等人你要避开。
- 当代译本 - 徒有敬虔的外表，却无敬虔的实质。你要避开这样的人。
- 圣经新译本 - 有敬虔的形式，却否定敬虔的能力；这些人你应当避开。
- 中文标准译本 - 有敬神的外表，却否定敬神的实质 ；这样的人你要避开。
- 现代标点和合本 - 有敬虔的外貌却背了敬虔的实意。这等人你要躲开。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 有敬虔的外貌，却背了敬虔的实意，这等人你要躲开。
- New International Version - having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
- New International Reader's Version - 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.
- English Standard Version - having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
- New Living Translation - They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
- Christian Standard Bible - holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people.
- New American Standard Bible - holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.
- New King James Version - having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
- American Standard Version - holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
- King James Version - Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- New English Translation - They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.
- World English Bible - holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
- 新標點和合本 - 有敬虔的外貌，卻背了敬虔的實意；這等人你要躲開。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 有敬虔的外貌，卻背棄了敬虔的實質，這等人你要避開。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 有敬虔的外貌，卻背棄了敬虔的實質，這等人你要避開。
- 當代譯本 - 徒有敬虔的外表，卻無敬虔的實質。你要避開這樣的人。
- 聖經新譯本 - 有敬虔的形式，卻否定敬虔的能力；這些人你應當避開。
- 呂振中譯本 - 有敬虔的形式，卻背棄了敬虔的實質；這種人、你要躲開。
- 中文標準譯本 - 有敬神的外表，卻否定敬神的實質 ；這樣的人你要避開。
- 現代標點和合本 - 有敬虔的外貌卻背了敬虔的實意。這等人你要躲開。
- 文理和合譯本 - 有敬虔之貌、而無其實、若此者宜遠之、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 有敬虔之名、無敬虔之實、若此者、當遠之、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 有虔敬之貌、而無虔敬之實、 而無虔敬之實原文作而不認其德 若此者、爾當遠避、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 外飾虔誠之貌內實麻木不仁。此類之人、務望吾兒避之若浼。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Aparentarán ser piadosos, pero su conducta desmentirá el poder de la piedad. ¡Con esa gente ni te metas!
- 현대인의 성경 - 겉으로는 신앙심이 있는 듯이 보이지만 그 능력은 거부할 것입니다. 그대는 이런 사람들과 같이 되지 마시오.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Благочестие будет для них лишь внешней формой, но его реальную силу они отвергнут. Не имей с такими людьми ничего общего.
- Восточный перевод - Благочестие будет для них лишь внешней формой, но его реальную силу они отвергнут. Не имей с такими людьми ничего общего.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Благочестие будет для них лишь внешней формой, но его реальную силу они отвергнут. Не имей с такими людьми ничего общего.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Благочестие будет для них лишь внешней формой, но его реальную силу они отвергнут. Не имей с такими людьми ничего общего.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Certes, ils resteront attachés aux pratiques extérieures de la piété mais, en réalité, ils ne voudront rien savoir de ce qui en fait la force. Détourne-toi de ces gens-là !
- リビングバイブル - 教会に出席していたとしても、聞いたことを何一つ信じようとしないのです。目をしっかり開けて、そんな人たちには近寄らないようにしなさい。
- Nestle Aland 28 - ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι· καὶ τούτους ἀποτρέπου.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἔχοντες μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι; καὶ τούτους ἀποτρέπου.
- Nova Versão Internacional - tendo aparência de piedade, mas negando o seu poder. Afaste-se desses também.
- Hoffnung für alle - Nach außen tun sie zwar fromm, aber von der Kraft des wirklichen Glaubens wissen sie nichts. Hüte dich vor solchen Menschen!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - mặt ngoài thì đạo đức, nhưng trong lòng chối bỏ quyền năng đạo đức. Con nên tránh xa họ.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ยึดถือทางพระเจ้าเพียงเปลือกนอกแต่กลับปฏิเสธฤทธิ์อำนาจของพระเจ้า อย่าไปคบคนแบบนี้
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ปฏิบัติตนเหมือนว่าใช้ชีวิตในทางของพระเจ้า แต่ใจจริงแล้วไม่เชื่อในอานุภาพนั้น อย่าคบกับคนเช่นนั้นเลย
Cross Reference
- Romans 16:17 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.
- Romans 16:18 - For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].
- Isaiah 58:1 - “Cry aloud, do not hold back; Lift up your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isaiah 58:2 - Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways, As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, They delight in the nearness of God.
- Isaiah 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’ Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do], And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14 - Now if anyone [in the church] does not obey what we say in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will be ashamed and repent.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - Now we command you, believers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by His authority, that you withdraw and keep away from every brother or sister who leads an undisciplined life and does not live in accordance with the tradition and teaching that you have received from us.
- Ephesians 4:14 - So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit].
- Isaiah 48:1 - “Hear this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel And who come from the seed of Judah, You who swear [allegiance] by the name of the Lord And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth (sincerity) nor in righteousness [with moral and spiritual integrity].
- Isaiah 48:2 - For they call themselves [citizens of Jerusalem] after the holy city And depend on the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is His name.
- 1 Timothy 6:5 - and perpetual friction between men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a source of profit [a lucrative, money-making business—withdraw from them].
- 2 Timothy 2:16 - But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
- 2 Timothy 2:23 - But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations [useless disputes over unedifying, stupid controversies], since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels.
- Matthew 7:15 - “Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
- Titus 3:10 - After a first and second warning reject a divisive man [who promotes heresy and causes dissension—ban him from your fellowship and have nothing more to do with him],
- Ezekiel 33:30 - “But as for you, son of man, your people who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses say one to another, every one to his brother, ‘Come now and hear what the message is that comes from the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 33:31 - They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not practice them; for with their mouth they express loving devotion, but their heart goes after their (unlawful) gain.
- Ezekiel 33:32 - Behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a pleasant voice and plays well on a stringed instrument [merely to entertain them]; for they hear your words but do not practice them.
- Romans 2:20 - and [that you are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the [spiritually] childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—
- Romans 2:21 - well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?
- Romans 2:22 - You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob [pagan] temples [of valuable idols and offerings]?
- Romans 2:23 - You who boast in the Law, do you [repeatedly] dishonor God by breaking the Law?
- Romans 2:24 - For, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written [in Scripture].
- 1 Timothy 5:8 - If anyone fails to provide for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he has denied the faith [by disregarding its precepts] and is worse than an unbeliever [who fulfills his obligation in these matters].
- Titus 1:16 - They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.
- Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
- Matthew 23:28 - So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
- Isaiah 29:13 - Then the Lord said, “Because this nation approaches [Me only] with their words And honors Me [only] with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],