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Godliness; Godly
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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god´li - nes , god´li ( εὐσέβεια , eusébeia , εὐσεβής , eusebḗs , ευσεβῶς , eusebō̇s ): In the Old Testament the word rendered "godly" in Psalm 4:3; Psalm 32:6 ( חסיד , ḥāṣı̄dh ) is literally, "kind," then "pious" (the Revised Version, margin renders it in the former passage, "one that he favoreth"). Sometimes in both the Old Testament and the New Testament a periphrasis is employed, "of God," "according to God" (e.g. "godly sorrow," 2 Corinthians 7:10 ). Godliness, as denoting character and conduct determined by the principle of love or fear of God in the heart, is the summing up of genuine religion. There can be no true religion without it: only a dead "form" (2 Timothy 3:5 ). The term is a favorite one in the Pastoral Epistles. The incarnation is "the mystery of godliness" (1 Timothy 3:16 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Godliness; Godly'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/g/godliness-godly.html. 1915.
