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2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also, youthful lusts; but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Flee also, youthful lusts; but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Verse 22. _FLEE 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...
FLEE 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, t...
II. FAITH'S CONFLICT AND THE BELIEVER'S PATH CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The apostle's charge (2 Timothy 2:1)_ 2. As soldier and husbandman (2 Timothy 2:3) 3. Identification with Christ (2 Timothy 2:8) 4
CHARGE TO TIMOTHY CONCERNING PRESENT ERROR. The false teaching considered in this epistle is partly present and partly future. Paul's first charge relates to the former type. For its _general characte...
THE CHAIN OF TEACHING (2 Timothy 2:1-2)...
Flee from youthful passions; run in pursuit of righteousness in the company of those who call on the Lord from a clean conscience. Have nothing to do with foolish and stupid arguments, for you know th...
YOUTHFUL. the youthful. Greek. _neoterikos._ Only here. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. CHARITY. App-135. OUT OF. App-104....
_Flee also youthful lusts_ Here, as in 2 Timothy 2:16, and again below 2 Timothy 2:23, the article has a certain emphasis, bringing forward again and again the different parts of the old theme -the fa...
The Especial Sphere of both Personal and Ministerial Zeal is (1) Pure Doctrine, (2) a Pure Life The proper connexion is to be sought in the earlier part of the previous passage, particularly 2 Timoth...
THE SPECULATIONS OF HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS...
ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΈΝΩΝ. Lachmann prefixes πάντων with ACG g (G omits τῶν), the Sahidic and Harclean versions; it is not found in אD2EKLP, the Bohairic, the Peshito, or the Old Latin for the most part, and...
ΝΕΩΤΕΡΙΚΌΣ (G3512) молодой, свойственный молодости. Об этом суффиксе _см._ МН, 378. ΕΠΙΘΥΜΊΑ (G1939) сильное желание, страсть, ΦΕΎΓΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΦΕΎΓΩ (G5343) убегать. _Praes. imper._ мо...
FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS:— "Flee from all occasions of exciting or gratifying the passions of youth; whether, on the one hand, the love of sensual pleasure; or, on the other, rashness, contention, pri...
f. As a utensil 2 Timothy 2:20-23 _TEXT 2:20-23_ 20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor....
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. FLEE. There are many lusts from which our safety is in flight (). Avo...
8 The literal resurrection of Christ as the Seed of David seems to be the apostle's answer to the theory of a spiritual resurrection. The Seed of David can be nothing less than a literal Man. 10 'The...
2 Timothy had been with the apostle in Rome, whence he was probably sent to Philippi (Php_2:19). The most loving and intimate relations existed between them, and Paul continually refers to him as his...
FLEE.. YOUTHFUL LUSTS] avoid a young man's desires after novelty in teaching. (There is apparently no reference to the desires of the flesh.) Avoid FOOLISH QUESTIONS or speculations WHICH GENDER STRIF...
EXHORTATIONS TO FLRMNESS, UNCONTENTIOUSNESS, AND PERSEVERANCE 1-26. The duties of God's ministers are, (1) to maintain the faith against assailants and seducers (2 Timothy 2:1; 2 Timothy 2:14; 2 Timot...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 APPEAL TO BE STRONG AND TO SUFFER (2:1-13) V1 You then, my child, be strong with the help of Christ Jesus...
FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS. — But he who would _indeed_ become a “vessel for honour” in that great house of God must do more than merely separate himself from all outward communion and friendship with m...
Discourage the new false teaching by precept and example. There is no need, however, that you should despair of the Church. It is founded upon a rock, in spite of appearances. Take a broad view of the...
νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας : “Every inordinate desire is a youthful lust. Let the aged learn that they ought not to do the deeds of the youthful”. (Chrys.). This is sound exegesis; yet it is reasonable to s...
“A VESSEL UNTO HONOR” 2 Timothy 2:19 Two men had been named whose teachings had overthrown the faith of some; but in contradistinction to this lamentable defection, Paul turns with thankfulness to th...
In order to fulfil the ideal revealed in the instructions, Timothy was charged to "be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." The apostle employed three figures of speech, the soldier, the...
A CALL FOR PURITY IN THE MIDST OF DOCTRINAL ERROR Some see believers in Christ living in a way completely dishonorable and reach the conclusion that there is something wrong with the church, or God's...
(13) Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, (14) peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (13) Returning to the matter from where he digressed in (2 Ti...
_Youthful desires of any kind, not only of luxury and intemperance. (Witham)_...
(22) В¶ Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (23) But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that the...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
22_Flee youthful desires. _This is an inference from what goes before; for, after mentioning useless questions, and having been led by this circumstance to censure Hymenaeus and Philetus, whose ambiti...
The truth was the especial treasure committed to him; and he has not only to keep it, as we have seen, but to take care that it was propagated and communicated to others after him, and perhaps still f...
FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS,.... Meaning not lusts of uncleanness, lasciviousness, and filthiness; nor any of those follies and vanities which the youthful age usually lusts and desires after, to which T...
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Ver. 22. _Flee also youthful lusts_] φευγε, Flee them he must with post...
_Flee youthful lusts_ Or desires, namely, those peculiarly incident to youth; that is, shun all occasions of exciting or gratifying them, whether, on the one hand, the love of sensual pleasure and the...
Men must not only believe on Christ, but live pure and holy lives, in order to be saved....
If in chapter 1 we have seen the blessedness of God's abiding presence in His beloved saints - whatever may be the human failure everywhere - now in chapter 2, verses 1 to 13, there is a resulting con...
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 wor...
FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS: by _youthful_ lusts he means such sinful desires, propensities, and inclinations of mind as are most incident to youth, whether they be lusts of the flesh, or spiritual lusts...
2 Timothy 2:22 Flee G5343 (G5720) also G1161 youthful G3512 lusts G1939 but G1161 pursue G1377 (G5720) righteous
SECTION 3. THOSE WHO ARE TRULY THE LORD'S MUST EQUIP THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE GRIEVOUS TIMES THAT ARE COMING (2 TIMOTHY 2:19 TO 2 TIMOTHY 3:17). Having called on him to endure...
2 Timothy 2:22. FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS. The English suggests too exclusively the thought of simple sensual desires, and these were doubtless prominent in St. Paul's thoughts, but the words have a wi...
YOUTHFUL (νεωτερικας). Literary _Koine_ word (Polybius, Josephus), only here in N.T. There are lusts peculiar to flaming youth.FLEE (φευγε). Present active imperative of φευγω, old and common ver...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
2 Timothy 2:15. _Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth._ This is a metaphor taken from the action of the priest at the...
CONTENTS: Walk of a good soldier of Christ in times of apostasy. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, David, Hymenaeus, Philetus, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those who have work to do for Christ must stir them...
2 Timothy 2:1. _Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus._ Be strong in the Lord, and in every virtue. This is chiefly repeated from Ephesians 6:10. 2 Timothy 2:3. _Endure hardness,_ or hardship...
AVOID THE PASSIONS OF YOUTH. Here Paul means, not so much sensual passions, but such things as grandiose ambition, pride, love of power, rashness, stubbornness, etc. Some teachers avoid the sensual pa...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 2:22 YOUTHFUL PASSIONS. Not only sinful sexual desire but sinful desires in general, especially those characteristic of youth. One of these might be the tendency to quarrel...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 2:19. THE FOUNDATION OF GOD STANDETH SURE.—R.V. “the firm foundation of God standeth.” St. Paul’s one foundation is Jesus Christ in His complete character a...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 2:1 _Child _for _son_, A.V.; _strengthened _for _strong, _A.V. BE STRENGTHENED (ἐνδυναμοῦ)_; _more exactly (as Huther), _become strong, _or, which is the same thing, _strengthe...
Ver. 22. _But flee, youthful lusts_ Vulg. _juvenilia desideria_ primarily, no doubt, sensual indulgence, yet not this alone, levity of spirit also, love of pleasure, vainglory, and things of a similar...
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace (2 Timothy 2:1) You see, it is legalism that is threatening the church. This idea that you can work yourself into divine favor. So "be strong in the gra...
1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 1:2;...
Youthful lusts [ν ε ω τ ε ρ ι κ α ς ε π ι θ υ μ ι α ς]. Newterikov youthful, N. T. o. For ejpiqumia desire, lust, see on Mark 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:5. Such counsel from Paul to Timothy seems strange...
THE CHRISTIAN'S TITLES 2 Timothy 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will discuss the seven distinctive names under which Paul addressed his son in the faith. As a prelude to these seven names, it might be h...
Flee youthful desires — Those peculiarly incident to youth. Follow peace with them — Unity with all true believers. Out of a pure heart — Youthful desires, destroy this purity: righteousness, faith, l...
Still our apostle proceeds in his holy, cautionary directions to Timothy what to avoid, and what to follow. He advises him, 1. To avoid and FLEE YOUTHFUL LUSTS: by which may be understood, not only t...