2 Timothy 2:22

2 Timothy 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• New International Version (NIV)Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Context of 2 Timothy 2:22

20Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use. 21So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 23But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting. 24And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

2 Timothy 2:22 word by word

Τὰς δὲ νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας φεῦγε, δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην μετὰ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων τὸν κύριον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Fleeφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
• alsoδέde · thenG1161
• youthfulνεωτερικόςneōterikos · youthfulG3512
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• followδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• charityἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• them that call onἐπικαλέωepikaleomai · to call (on)/nameG1941
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• a pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 2:22

• Proverbs 6:5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
• 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.
• 1 Corinthians 10:14So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
• 1 Timothy 6:11But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
• Psalms 119:9How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
• 1 Peter 2:11Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
• 1 Timothy 4:12Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
• 3 John 1:11Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
• 1 Corinthians 14:1Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
• Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Romans 15:5Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,
• 1 Corinthians 1:10I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
• 1 Peter 3:11And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
• 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Flee also youthful lusts - Not only all irregular and sensual desires, but pride, ambition, and, above all, the lust of power, to which most men will sacrifice all other propensities, their ease, pleasure, health, etc. This is the most bewitching passion in the human heart. Both in Church and state it is ruinous; but particularly so in the former. Timothy was now between thirty and forty years of age, the very age in which ambition and the love of power…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Flee also youthful lusts - Such passions as youth are subject to. On the word “flee,” and the pertinency of its use in such a connection, see the notes at 1 Corinthians 6:18. Paul felt that Timothy, then a young man, was subject to the same passions as other young men; and hence, his repeated cautions to him to avoid all those things, arising from his youth, which might be the occasion of scandal; compare the notes at 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 5:2. It is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-26Verses 22-26 The more we follow that which is good, the faster and the further we shall flee from that which is evil. The keeping up the communion of saints, will take us from fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness. See how often the apostle cautions against disputes in religion; which surely shows that religion consists more in believing and practising what God requires, than in subtle disputes. Those are unapt to teach, who are apt to strive, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22those who call on the Lord: Compare Psalm 99:6; Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; 9:14, 21; 22:16; Romans 10:12–13; 1 Corinthians 1:2. out of a pure heart: See 1 Timothy 1:5.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Flee--There are many lusts from which our greatest safety is in flight (Ge 39:12). Avoid occasions of sin. From the abstemious character of Timothy (1Ti 5:23) it is likely that not animal indulgences, but the impetuosity, rash self-confidence, hastiness, strife, and vainglory of young men (1Jo 2:14-16), are what he is here warned against: though the Spirit probably intended the warning to include both in its application to the Church in general…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 2:22

• Charitableness
• Children
• Commandments
• Heart
• Holiness
• Love
• Lust
• Minister, Christian
• Peace
• Purity
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Worldliness
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Approved
• Commit
• Deny
• Eat
• Endure
• Entangle
• Eternal
• Faithful
• Foolish

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings