This adverb describes living with genuine devotion and reverence toward God. Paul uses it in 2 Timothy 3:12 to describe all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus, warning they will face persecution. In Titus 2:12, it appears in the triad of self-controlled, upright, and godly living that grace teaches believers to pursue. The multilingual evidence (Spanish piadosamente, German gottesfuerchtig) consistently emphasizes the religious devotion aspect rather than mere moral behavior.