1 Timothy 6:11
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The Good Fight of Faith
11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.
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2 Timothy 2:22
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22 Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.(A)
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2 Timothy 3:17
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17 so that the person of God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.(A)
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2 Peter 1:5-7
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5 For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge,(A) 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.(A)
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1 Peter 3:11
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11 let them turn away from evil and do good;
let them seek peace and pursue it.
Hebrews 12:14
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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace
14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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Philippians 4:8-9
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8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about[a] these things. 9 As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:14
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14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from the worship of idols.(A)
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1 Timothy 5:10
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10 she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.(A)
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Titus 2:11-12
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11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all,[a](A) 12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(B)
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- 2.11 Or has appeared to all, bringing salvation
Galatians 5:22-23
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The Fruit of the Spirit
22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,(A) 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
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1 Corinthians 6:18
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18 Shun sexual immorality![a] Every sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person[b] sins against the body itself.(A)
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Isaiah 51:1
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Blessings in Store for God’s People
51 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
and to the quarry from which you were dug.(A)
Psalm 34:14
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14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.(A)
1 Timothy 6:20
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Personal Instructions and Benediction
20 Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;(A)
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1 Corinthians 14:1
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Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues
14 Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you may prophesy.(A)
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Romans 14:19
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19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.(A)
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Jeremiah 35:4
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4 I brought them to the house of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.(A)
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Psalm 38:20
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20 Those who render me evil for good
are my adversaries because I follow after good.(A)
2 Chronicles 8:14
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14 According to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry alongside the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates, for so David the man of God had commanded.(A)
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2 Kings 23:17
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17 Then he said, “What is that monument that I see?” The people of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar at Bethel.”(A)
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2 Kings 5:20
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20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let that Aramean Naaman off too lightly by not accepting from him what he offered. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”(A)
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2 Kings 1:13
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13 Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. So the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, “O man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.(A)
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2 Kings 1:9
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9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill and said to him, “O man of God, the king says: Come down.”
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