For bodily exercise profiteth little: butgodliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
He was convinced that godliness was the only true happiness, and he could not rest till he had attained it.
There was a savor of lineage amounting almost to godliness in the dark, self-contained parlors; and if pedigree were not in this dwelling imputed for righteousness, it was evidently held in becoming reverence as the first of virtues.
Their conduct has found many imitators, in men who "make godliness a way of gain," whose religious course is dictated by considerations of worldly self-interest.
Religion has put godliness and laziness as wide asunder as any two things in the world; and what God has separated let no man pretend to join.
So I perceived that it was his design to do good in the main, and to promote the Gospel and the interests ofgodliness more than any had done before him.
There can be no godliness in the sinner's prayer as though his prayer were quickened by a habit of virtue: and yet his prayer may be godly in so far as he asks for something pertaining to godliness.
Godliness is profitable to all things," a gloss says: "The sum total of a Christian's rule of life consists in mercy and godliness.
Contentment alone without the godlinessis no poor thing, and was I not content?
Against this dangerous influence of the world, Christ has set the contagion of godliness within His Church, and every avoidable subdivision enfeebles this salutary counter-influence.
It is a sound lesson in political as well as personal godliness that prosperity itself is dangerous, and needs special protection from on high.
I hope other communions have done and are doing more to diffuse vital godliness through this section of the land than we, otherwise there must be a lamentable want of that faith which Christ came to establish on the earth.
It, therefore, follows that one feature of the last days will be a form of godliness which carefully denies the power of God in salvation.
Here it is stated that in these last days forms of godliness shall appear which, however, deny the power of God; and from these leaders the believer is warned to turn away.
Then Violet read, "'But godliness with contentment is great gain; for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
This is exactly what is taught in the New Testament, that men would turn away their ears from the Truth, and that the great mass of professing Christians would only have a form of godliness and deny the power thereof.
The foolish are such who have the form of godliness and deny the power thereof.
And, as Justin Martyr of old, so he of late professed, that the power of godliness in a plain simple Christian wrought so upon him, that he could not but take up a strict and a serious life.
True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavours to mend it; not to hide their candle under a bushel, but to set it upon a table in a candlestick.
Godliness will not prejudge this life or thy calling, but ye seek after these things, as if ye were to live eternally in this vain world.
Your diligence and seriousness in godliness should be upon the growing hand, as if doing did save you; yet you ought to deny all that, and look to the righteousness of another, as if nothing were done at all by you.
It is a strange hatred at godliness that a profane man hath, that he cannot abide the very shadow of it.
It is godliness with contentment, it is not godliness and riches, godliness and honour, or pleasure, godliness and outward peace.
And this I must say, there is little religion and godliness among us, because every man is ignorant of God.
The natural enmity that is in the hearts of all men against the Lord and his anointed, his work and his people, and the power of godliness which doth effectually work in the children of disobedience.
If godliness itself will not allure you, if the kingdom itself will not weigh with you, then, I pray you, consider what an appendix, what a consectary these have.
Godliness is a new suit, that will not go on upon so many lusts, no, no, it is more meet and more conformed unto the inwards of the soul than so.
But, Christians, observe this evil in yourselves and suffer this mystery of godliness to be wrought in you,—the abasing of yourselves, the denial of yourselves.
He knew that I was not indifferent as to how they were getting on in business, but he knew that I was alluding more to the life of godliness and virtue in their hearts and in their characters.
Happily, godliness consoles a spirit truly possessed by it for every thing; but I was obliged to read the Bible two hours before I recovered my accustomed patience and composure.
The mildest that we, converted to the grace of godliness with tears of blood, can now say of him is, the Lord be merciful to his poor soul!
Why," asked Peter, when the multitude were filled with wonder and amazement at the healing of the lame man, "Why fasten ye your eyes on us as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?
