2 Timothy 2:22

Easy To Read Version

Stay away from the evil things a young person wants to do. Try very hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace. Do these things together with those people who have pure hearts and trust in the Lord.

Cross References

Psalm 119:9

How can a young person live a pure life?\par By following your instructions.\par

Psalm 17:1

Lord, hear my prayer for fairness.\par I am calling loudly to you.\par And I am being honest in the things I say.\par So, please listen to my prayer.\par

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings that evil people give. But the Lord is happy to hear a good person’s prayers.

Proverbs 6:5

Escape from that trap like a deer running from a hunter. Free yourself like a bird flying out of a trap.

Proverbs 7:8

He walked through the market place toward that bad woman’s corner and walked straight to her house.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man sleeps with a woman and has a flow of semen, then both the man and the woman must bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening.

Acts 9:14

Now he (Saul) has come here to Damascus. The leading priests have given him the power to arrest all people that believe in you. {\cf2\super [190]} ”

Romans 14:17

In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. In the kingdom of God, the important things are these: living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [143]}

Romans 14:19

So let us try as hard as we can to do the things that make peace. And let us try to do the things that will help each other.

1 Corinthians 1:10

I beg you brothers and sisters in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I beg that all of you agree with each other, so that there will be no divisions among you. I beg that you be completely joined together by having the same kind of thinking and the same purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God in Corinth, to those people that have been made holy {\cf2\super [2]} in Christ Jesus. You were called to be God’s holy people. You were called with all the people everywhere that trust in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 10:14

So, my dear friends, stay away from worshiping idols. {\cf2\super [69]}

1 Corinthians 14:1

Love is the thing you should try for. And you should truly want to have the spiritual gifts. And the gift you should want most is to be able to prophesy. {\cf2\super [95]}

1 Corinthians 6:18

So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin that a person does is outside his body. But the person that sins sexually sins against his own body.

1 Timothy 1:14

But the grace (kindness) of our Lord was fully given to me. And with that grace came the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of this command is for people to have love. To have this love people must have a pure heart, they must do what they know is right, and they must have true faith.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want men everywhere to pray. These men who lift up their hands in prayer must be pleasing to God. They must not be men who become angry and have arguments.

1 Timothy 4:12

You are young, but don’t let any person treat you like you are not important. Be an example to show the believers how they should live. Show them with the things you say, with the way you live, with your love, with your faith, and with your pure life.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you are a man of God. So you should stay away from all those things. Try to live in the right way, serve God, have faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

Hebrews 12:14

Try to live in peace with all people. And try to live lives free from sin. If a person’s life is not holy, {\cf2\super [160]} then he will never see the Lord.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.

1 Peter 3:11

That person must stop doing evil\par and do good;\par that person should look for peace\par and try to get it.\par