2 Timothy 2:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὰς δὲ νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας φεῦγε: δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην, μετὰ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων τὸν Κύριον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας.

Transliteration

The de neōterikas epithymias pheuge: diōke de dikaiosynēn, pistin, agapēn, eirēnēn, with the epikaloumenōn ton Kyrion ek katharas kardias.

Grammar Details

• *Tas*: definite article, accusative, feminine, plural - the
• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *neōterikas*: accusative, feminine, plural, adjective - youthful
• *epithymias*: accusative, feminine, plural - desires
• *pheuge*: present, imperative, active, 2nd singular - flee
• *diōke*: present, imperative, active, 2nd singular - pursue
• *dikaiosynēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - righteousness
• *pistin*: accusative, feminine, singular - faith
• *agapēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - love
• *eirēnēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - peace
• *meta*: preposition + genitive - with
• *tōn*: definite article, genitive, masculine, plural - the
• *epikaloumenōn*: present, participle, middle, genitive, masculine, plural - calling upon
• *ton*: definite article, accusative, masculine, singular - the
• *Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *ek*: preposition + genitive - from/out of
• *katharas*: genitive, feminine, singular, adjective - pure
• *kardias*: genitive, feminine, singular - heart

Word Meanings

• *neōterikas*: youthful/younger/juvenile
• *epithymias*: desires/lusts/cravings
• *pheuge*: flee/escape from/avoid
• *diōke*: pursue/follow after/seek
• *dikaiosynēn*: righteousness/justice/right conduct
• *pistin*: faith/belief/trust
• *agapēn*: love/charity
• *eirēnēn*: peace/harmony/tranquility
• *epikaloumenōn*: calling upon/invoking/appealing to
• *katharas*: pure/clean/undefiled
• *kardias*: heart/mind/inner self

Referenced Verses

• 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 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
• 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
• 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
• 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• Ps 119:9 : 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
• 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but 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 on thy name.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard{H8804)} iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear{H8799)} me: 19 But verily God hath heard{H8804)} me; he hath attended{H8689)} to the voice of my prayer.
• 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
• Rom 15:5-6 : 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by 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 perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
• 1 Tim 1:14 : 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
• Rom 14:19 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify 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 thine 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 childhood and youth 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 mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, 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 LORD, 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 the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Acts 7:59 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.