KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Timothy 2:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Flee” | φεῦγε | To run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish | Flee |
| “also” | δὲ | But, and, etc | also |
| “youthful” | νεωτερικὰς | Appertaining to younger persons, i.e., juvenile | youthful |
| “lusts:” | ἐπιθυμίας | A longing (especially for what is forbidden) | lusts |
| “but” | δὲ | But, and, etc | but |
| “follow” | δίωκε | To pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute | follow |
| “righteousness,” | δικαιοσύνην | Equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification | righteousness |
| “faith,” | πίστιν | Persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself | faith |
| “charity,” | ἀγάπην | Love, i.e., affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast | charity |
| “peace,” | εἰρήνην | Peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity | peace |
| “with” | μετὰ | Properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G0575 or G1537 and G1519 or G4314; less intimate than G1722 and less close than G4862) | with |
| “them that call on” | ἐπικαλουμένων | To entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.) | call |
| “the” | τὸν | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “Lord” | κύριον | Supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title) | Lord |
| “out of” | ἐκ | A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote) | out |
| “a pure” | καθαρᾶς | Clean (literally or figuratively) | pure |
| “heart.” | καρδίας | The heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle | heart |
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20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 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 they do gender strifes.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
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