Verse
2 Timothy 2:22 — Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity…
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
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The verses around 2 Timothy 2:22.
20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Verse explanation
Paul asks Timothy to flee the common temptations of youth and instead pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who also seek God with a pure heart.
From the 2 Timothy 2 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Timothy 2:22 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Foge tambem dos desejos da mocidade; e segue a justiça, a fé, a caridade, e a paz com os que, com um coração puro, invocam o Senhor.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Foge também dos desejos da juventude; e segue a justiça, a fé, o amor, [e] a paz, com os que, de coração puro, invocam o Senhor.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Huye de todo lo que incite tus deseos juveniles. Busca las cosas justas y rectas, busca el amor y la paz así como a los que son cristianos y verdaderos.
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More verses about youth
- 1 Timothy 4:12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity…
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh…
- Psalms 119:9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the…
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