godly

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?
• become: But Peter says that if you are a Christian then you need to move on from that point and become increasingly godly.
• 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.