2 Timothy 2:22

American Standard Version (1901)

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
  • Ps 119:9 : 9 BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
  • Rom 15:5-6 : 5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus: 6 that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:
  • 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
  • 1 Tim 1:14 : 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
  • Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
  • 1 Chr 29:17-18 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee. 18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;
  • Ps 17:1 : 1 [A Prayer of David]. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

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    21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.

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    23But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.

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    5But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

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    12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

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    14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

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    11Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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    2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

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    14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

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    7but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

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    14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

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    1Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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    5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

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    6in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

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    11And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

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    14Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

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    14Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

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    2that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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    22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

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    5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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    15Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

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    7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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    21Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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    9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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    19So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.