2 Timothy 2:22

Timothy must flee youthful passions and instead pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace alongside other sincere believers. Holiness involves both fleeing sin and actively pursuing godliness in community.

Cross-references · 26

• 1 Pet 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
• 1 Pet 3:11He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
• 1 Cor 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
• 1 Tim 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
• Ps 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
• Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• 1 Tim 4:12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
• Ps 66:18–19If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
• 1 Cor 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
• 1 Tim 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
• Eccl 11:9–10Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad 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 to judgment.
• 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
• 1 Chr 29:17–18I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
• Rom 14:19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
• Rom 15:5–6Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
• 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• Prov 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
• 1 Cor 14:1Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
• Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
• 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:
• Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Tim 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
• 1 Tim 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Ps 17:1A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Acts 7:59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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