2 Timothy 2:22
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22 (A)Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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1 Peter 2:11
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Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul,
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1 Peter 3:11
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1 Corinthians 6:18
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18 (A)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins (B)against his own body.
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1 Timothy 6:11
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The Good Confession
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
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Psalm 119:9
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ב BETH
9 How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
Hebrews 12:14
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14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:
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1 Timothy 4:12
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Take Heed to Your Ministry
12 Let no one [a]despise your youth, but be an (A)example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, [b]in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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- 1 Timothy 4:12 look down on your youthfulness
- 1 Timothy 4:12 NU omits in spirit
Psalm 66:18-19
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18 (A)If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
19 But certainly God (B)has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
1 Corinthians 10:14
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,
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- 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
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Seek God in Early Life
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.
10 Therefore remove [c]sorrow from your heart,
And (C)put away evil from your flesh,
(D)For childhood and [d]youth are vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 vexation
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 Prime of life
1 Chronicles 29:17-18
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17 I know also, my God, that You (A)test the heart and (B)have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You. 18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You.
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3 John 11
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11 Beloved, (A)do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. (B)He who does good is of God, [a]but he who does evil has not seen (C)God.
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- 3 John 1:11 NU, M omit but
1 Corinthians 1:10
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Sectarianism Is Sin
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that you all [a]speak the same thing, and that there be no [b]divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:10 Have a uniform testimony
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 schisms or dissensions
Romans 15:5-6
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5 (A)Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may (B)with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 14:19
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19 (A)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which (B)one may [a]edify another.
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- Romans 14:19 build up
1 Corinthians 14:1
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Prophecy and Tongues
14 Pursue love, and (A)desire spiritual gifts, (B)but especially that you may prophesy.
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1 Corinthians 1:2
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2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who (A)are [a]sanctified in Christ Jesus, (B)called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ (C)our Lord, (D)both theirs and ours:
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- 1 Corinthians 1:2 set apart
Romans 14:17
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17 (A)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (B)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 9:14
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14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all (A)who call on Your name.”
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Proverbs 6:5
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5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.
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- Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
1 Timothy 2:8
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Men and Women in the Church
8 I desire therefore that the men pray (A)everywhere, (B)lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
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1 Timothy 1:14
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14 (A)And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, (B)with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
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Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
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