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 own, and I’m known by my own;
• 1 Cor 8:3But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
• Nah 1:7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
• 1 Jn 3:7–10Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
• Num 16:5He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
• John 10:27–30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
• Luke 13:27He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
• Col 3:5–8Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• Gal 4:9But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
• Rev 3:8“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.
• Ps 37:27–28Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.
• Rev 22:4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
• Eph 4:30Don’t 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 all men,
• Isa 28:16Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
• 1 Cor 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
• Eph 4:17–22This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
• 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 1 Pet 1:13–19Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
• Rev 2:13“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Matt 7:23Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
• Ps 1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
• 1 Cor 3:10–11According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
• Prov 3:7Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
• Eph 3:15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
• Ps 37:18Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
• Eph 5:1–11Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
• Ps 34:14Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
• Rom 15:20yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
• Acts 15:17That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.
• Matt 7:25The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
• Mark 13:22For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
• Rom 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
• Job 28:28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
• 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
• Zech 4:7–9Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”
• Prov 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
• Num 6:27“So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”
• Rom 9:11For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

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