A Look At Godliness In The New Testament – Bible study
The term godliness is found some fifteen times in the New Testament and is the word of true religion. Synonyms include such words as piety, devout, and religious. The Greek verb eusebeo means to worship, to act reverently, to carry out the duties of true religion The adverb eusebos means piously, godly. It is used with the verb “to live” (of manner of life) in 2 Timothy 3:12-KJV and Titus 2:12-KJV.
The Greek term theosebeia is closely related to the above term, and is translated godliness in 1 Timothy 2:10-NKJV, the meaning being “the fear or reverence of God.
The individual who possesses the characteristic of godliness, is one who is filled with reverence for God, who worships God in keeping with this reverence (see the example of Cornelius in Acts 10:1-2-NKJV; Acts 10:22-NKJV), and who brings his life into harmony with the will of God (cf. Matthew 7:21-NKJV).
The true religion of godliness is a gift of God through Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:2-4-NKJV).
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