2 Timothy 2:19

Despite such error, God's firm foundation stands, sealed with assurance that the Lord knows his own and that his people must turn from wickedness. God preserves his church even amid false teaching.

Cross-references · 40

• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
• 1 Cor 8:3But the one who loves God is known by God.
• Nah 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
• 1 Jn 3:7–10Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
• Num 16:5Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
• John 10:27–30My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• Luke 13:27And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
• Col 3:5–8Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
• Gal 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
• Rev 3:8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
• Ps 37:27–28Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
• Rev 22:4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
• Eph 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
• Isa 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
• 1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
• Eph 4:17–22So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
• 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
• 2 Cor 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 1 Pet 1:13–19Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Rev 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Matt 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
• Ps 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
• 1 Cor 3:10–11By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
• Prov 3:7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
• Eph 3:15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
• Ps 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
• Eph 5:1–11Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
• Ps 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
• Rom 15:20In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
• Acts 15:17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
• Matt 7:25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
• Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
• 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
• Zech 4:7–9What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
• Prov 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
• Num 6:27So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
• Rom 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

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