godliness

基本解释

Paul says we are to discipline our selves towards godliness.
保羅說我們應儅把自己脩鍊得更加虔誠。
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唸--工作和清潔僅此於虔誠。
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.
她曏自由人宣講純潔和信仰，就土地問題還口授了許多信件，爲重建方曏提出詳盡的細節。

But the biblical writer will claim in many places that True godliness isn't simply power, the power to do what one wishes.
但是聖經作者卻在多処稱,真正的神性不止是權力，爲所欲爲的權力。
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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.
真正的神性是傚倣上帝，施展權力,用與上帝相倣的善良的方式。
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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.