1 Timothy 6:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But you, man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} thou,{G4771} O{G5599} man{G444} of God,{G2316} flee{G5343} these things;{G5023} and{G1161} follow after{G1377} righteousness,{G1343} godliness,{G2150} faith,{G4102} love,{G26} patience,{G5281} meekness.{G4236}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} thou{G4771}, O{G5599} man{G444} of God{G2316}, flee{G5343}{(G5720)} these things{G5023}; and{G1161} follow after{G1377}{(G5720)} righteousness{G1343}, godliness{G2150}, faith{G4102}, love{G26}, patience{G5281}, meekness{G4236}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But thou which arte the man of god flye soche thynges Folowe rightewesnes godlines love pacience and meknes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But thou man of God, flye soche thinges: folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and followe after righteousnesse, godlines, faith, loue, patience, and meekenes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for all good works.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-7 : 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge self-control; and to self-control patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 Those also who render evil for good are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
  • Jer 35:4 : 4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the leaders, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.
  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.
  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
  • Phil 4:8-9 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things. 9 The things which you have both learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
  • Deut 16:20 : 20 That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
  • 1 Sam 2:27 : 27 And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Did I not plainly appear to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
  • 1 Sam 9:6 : 6 And he said to him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all that he says surely comes to pass: now let us go there; perhaps he can show us the way we should go.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 And, behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
  • 1 Kgs 13:26 : 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him.
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?
  • 1 Kgs 17:24 : 24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.
  • 1 Kgs 20:28 : 28 And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 1:9 : 9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.
  • 2 Kgs 1:13 : 13 And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, by not receiving from his hands what he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.
  • 2 Kgs 23:17 : 17 Then he said, What monument is this that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.
  • 1 Chr 23:14 : 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their tasks, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.
  • Neh 12:24 : 24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, group by group.
  • Neh 12:36 : 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe went before them.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;

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