Tim. 6: 5 Perpetual wranglings of men corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, supposing godliness to be a means of gain.
提前六5以及那败坏了心思，以敬虔为得利的门路，而失丧了真理之人无止境的争论。For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
为君王和一切在位的也该如此。使我们可以敬虔端正，平安无事的度日。But as he penned the Psalms, he was a man in search of godliness, which meant he probed God's mind about difficult subjects.
不过，在写诗篇的时候，大卫是一个追求敬虔的人，这意味着他探讨上帝对这些难解问题的真正心意。God is more interested in why you do what you do than what you do. Godly goals -- the kind God will bless -- must be motivated by love.
神对你为什么要做比对你做什么更感兴趣。敬虔的目标——慈爱的神将会祝福它——必须是出于爱的。Gracious minds know no better than to do as the LORD bids them; but this keeps them in the King's highway and under royal protection.
敬虔的人知道再没有比遵行主旨更好的事，而且主必保护我们，走在圣洁的道路上。Again and again throughout the history of the Reformed movement the commitment to a religion of both the head and heart has been reasserted.
整个归正运动的历史曾经一再重申：要同时委身于思想和情感的敬虔。But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
但你这属神的人，要逃避这些事，追求公义，敬虔，信心，爱心，忍耐，温柔。But you, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness.
但你这属神的人啊，要逃避这些事，竭力追求公义、敬虔、信、爱、忍耐、温柔。Pietism was a religious movement that attempted to improve the spiritual life of the Christian church.
敬虔主义是试图提升基督教会属灵生命的一次宗教运动。