2 Timothy 2:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who 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 does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith:
  • 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.
  • Ps 119:9 : 9 BETH. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: 19 But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
  • Rom 15:5-6 : 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be likeminded toward one another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
  • 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I plead with you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you 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 exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire, therefore, that people pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and doubting.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.
  • Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.
  • 1 Chr 29:17-18 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart towards You:
  • Ps 17:1 : 1 Hear my plea, O LORD, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
  • Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and like 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 as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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    11But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

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    23But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.

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    5Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith:

  • 1 Tim 4:12
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    12Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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    22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

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    14Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

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    11Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;

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    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

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    22Abstain from every form of evil.

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    1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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

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    10Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

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    14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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    7But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.

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

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    1Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

    2As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God:

  • 2 Cor 6:6
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    6By purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

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

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    14As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

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

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    14Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

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    2That he should no longer live the rest of his 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 does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

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    2That the older men be sober, dignified, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

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    22That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

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    3And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

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    14Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.

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    22Do not lay hands hastily on anyone, nor share in other people's sins; keep yourself pure.

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    14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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    3For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication:

  • Col 3:5
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    5Therefore, put to death your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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    15Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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    7For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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    10But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

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    21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

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    21Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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    9Holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.