godly - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • truly: Imagine a generation of truly Godly people, Godly from youth.
  • very: Is there anything there which is not very Godly?
  • not: There's no value in being old if you're not godly.
  • increasingly: Peter is saying that it is possible to live an increasingly godly life.
  • really: One paraphrase says this: ' Not all who sound religious are really godly people ' - that's really what it means.
  • however: However godly parents are, children are, ultimately, responsible for their own choices.

Modifies a noun

  • homies: Chapter 2 1 And now, O ye godly homies, this butch lav is for you.
  • sorrow: Well, Paul was waiting to hear from Timothy what sort of sorrow the Corinthians had been experiencing - Godly sorrow or worldly sorrow.
  • jealousy: Here is a godly jealousy, which results in action.
  • commonwealth: Davies sees a strong compensation for this weakness in the idea of the godly commonwealth.
  • sincerity: But every one must follow the dictates of his own conscience, in simplicity and godly sincerity.
  • reformation: Worsley was extremely zealous in persecuting Royalists, closing alehouses and working to promote a godly reformation in his region.

Used with adjective complement

  • live: Art thou willing to live godly in Christ Jesus?
  • behave: The impact of men behaving godly can be great in a society which doesn't expect it.

Preposition: in

  • age: Paul writing to Timothy says all that live godly in this present age will suffer persecution, 2 Timothy 3:12.

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