godliness

常見例句

Paul says we are to discipline our selves towards godliness.
保羅說我們應(yīng)當把自己修煉得更加虔誠。
Years later, Thatcher remembered that "my parents embedded in us very strongly that work and cleanliness were next to godliness.
時隔多年，撒切爾仍然記得：我的父母灌輸給我們這樣的信念--工作和清潔僅此于虔誠。
She preached cleanliness and godliness among the freedpeople and dictated many letters about the land question, which provide rich details about that aspect of Reconstruction.
她向自由人宣講純潔和信仰，就土地問題還口授了許多信件，為重建方向提出詳盡的細節(jié)。

But the biblical writer will claim in many places that True godliness isn't simply power, the power to do what one wishes.
但是圣經(jīng)作者卻在多處稱,真正的神性不止是權(quán)力，為所欲為的權(quán)力。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
True godliness means imitation of God, the exercise of one's power In a manner that is godlike, good, life-affirming and so on.
真正的神性是效仿上帝，施展權(quán)力,用與上帝相仿的善良的方式。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Cleanliness may not be next to godliness, but it is a relatively objective criterion.
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Right here on earth, he insisted, men became saints and even approached godliness.
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"Graciousness is next to godliness, " he explains in his recent book, Winners Never Cheat, which publisher Pearson has had translated into 19 languages, including Chinese.
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