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2 Timothy 3:3-5
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2 Timothy 3:3-5
New English Translation
3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. 5 They will maintain the outward appearance[a] of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.[b]
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- 2 Timothy 3:5 tn Or “form.”sn Outward appearance. Paul’s contrast with power in 3:5b shows that he regards this “form” to be outward, one of appearance rather than reality (cf. 1 Cor 4:19-20; 1 Thess 1:5).
- 2 Timothy 3:5 tn Grk “and avoid these,” with the word “people” implied.
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