godliness

基本解释

Paul says we are to discipline our selves towards godliness.
保罗说我们应当把自己修炼得更加虔诚。
Years later, Thatcher remembered that "my parents embedded in us very strongly that work and cleanliness were next to godliness.
时隔多年，撒切尔仍然记得：我的父母灌输给我们这样的信念--工作和清洁仅此于虔诚。
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.
她向自由人宣讲纯洁和信仰，就土地问题还口授了许多信件，为重建方向提出详尽的细节。

But the biblical writer will claim in many places that True godliness isn't simply power, the power to do what one wishes.
但是圣经作者却在多处称,真正的神性不止是权力，为所欲为的权力。
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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，施展权力,用与上帝相仿的善良的方式。
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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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Godliness is the quality of being godly.
If someone says that cleanliness is next to godliness, they are referring to the idea that people have a moral duty to keep themselves and their homes clean.