2. There is an outward form which is not to be despised; for wherever there is the power of godliness there will be its appropriate expression, because a good tree must bring forth good fruits, and a pure fountain sends forth pure streams
3. A goodness which consists wholly of structure and feelings, and Bible verses of belief, is a delusion and a snare.
4. Yet I might say, there may be an imitation of the form of godliness where its power is entirely absent.
5. It is true there is a consciousness of hypocrisy, and a person puts on the set of clothes of Christianity with the deliberate purpose of imposing on the world this idea that they are a Christian.