22 [a]Flee also from the lusts of youth, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, and [b]peace, with them that (A)call on the Lord with pure heart,

23 (B)And put away foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they engender strife.

24 But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but must be gentle toward all men, apt to teach, [c]suffering the evil,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:22 Returning to the matter from whence he digressed, verse 16, he warneth him to exercise himself in weighty matters, and such as pertain to godliness.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:22 The sixth admonition: We must above all things eschew all bitterness of mind both in teaching all men, and also in calling them back which have gone out of the way.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:24 To win them through our patient bearing with them, but not to please them or excuse them in their wickedness.

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