11 translations · Greek
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- KJV King James Version
- Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and flee the youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling on the LORD out of a pure heart;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Run away from anything that fires up the desires of youth. Run after what is right and trustworthy, run after love and peace along with those who are true and pure Christians.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity, and peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Τὰς | Tas | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| νεωτερικὰς | neōterikas | youthful | G3512 νεωτερικός youthful |
| ἐπιθυμίας | epithymias | passions | G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire |
| φεῦγε | pheuge | Flee from | G5343 φεύγω to flee |
| δίωκε | diōke | pursue | G1377 διώκω to pursue |
| δὲ | de | and | G1161 δέ then |
| δικαιοσύνην | dikaiosynēn | righteousness | G1343 δικαιοσύνη righteousness |
| πίστιν | pistin | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| ἀγάπην | agapēn | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| εἰρήνην | eirēnēn | [and] peace | G1515 εἰρήνη peace |
| μετὰ | meta | together with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| τῶν | tōn | those who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐπικαλουμένων | epikaloumenōn | call on | G1941 ἐπικαλέω to call (on)/name |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κύριον | Kyrion | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| καθαρᾶς | katharas | a pure | G2513 καθαρός clean |
| καρδίας | kardias | heart | G2588 καρδία heart |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- 1 Peter 3:11
Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
- 1 Timothy 6:11
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
- Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- 1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
- Psalm 66:18–19
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened. But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
- 1 Corinthians 10:14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
- 1 Timothy 1:5
but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;
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In context
20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.
21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.
22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.
24 The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,
Read all of 2 Timothy 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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