2 Timothy 2:22

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Flee. There are many lusts from which our safety is in flight (). Avoid occasions of sin. The abstemious character of Timothy () shows that not animal indulgences, but the impetuosity, self-confidence, hastiness, and vain-glory of young men (1 John 2:14), are what he is warned against: the Spirit probably intended the warning to include both in its application to the Church in general.

Also - Greek, 'but:' in contrast to "every good work" ().

Youthful. Timothy was a youth ().

Righteousness - the opposite of "iniquity;" i:e., unrighteousness (; cf. ).

Peace, with - rather no comma: "peace with them that call on the Lord," etc. ().

Out of a pure heart (; ; ). Love all men: but peace (spiritual concord, not mere absence of strife) can only be with those who call on the Lord () sincerely (as contrasted with the false teachers, who had the mere form of godliness, ; ; Titus 1:15; ).