2 Timothy 2:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

All who cleanse themselves of the things I have mentioned will become special utensils, dedicated and useful to the owner of the house, ready for every good work.

Cross References

Psalm 119:9

How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand against you; I will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

Isaiah 52:11

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus says the Lord: If you turn back, I will take you back, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall serve as my mouth. It is they who will turn to you, not you who will turn to them.

Malachi 3:3

he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;

1 Corinthians 5:7

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.

1 Timothy 6:11

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:16

Avoid profane chatter, for it will lead people into more and more impiety,

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are utensils not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for special use, some for ordinary.

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the person of God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in ministry.

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Titus 3:14

And let people learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire that you insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 John 3:3

And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.