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Verse 22

22. Flee—There are many lusts from which our greatest safety is in flight ( :-). Avoid occasions of sin. From the abstemious character of Timothy (1 Timothy 5:23) it is likely that not animal indulgences, but the impetuosity, rash self-confidence, hastiness, strife, and vainglory of young men (1 Timothy 5:23- :), are what he is here warned against: though the Spirit probably intended the warning to include both in its application to the Church in general.

alsoGreek, "But"; in contrast to "every good work," 1 Timothy 5:23- :.

youthful—Timothy was a youth (1 Timothy 4:12).

righteousness—the opposite of "iniquity," that is, unrighteousness (1 Timothy 4:12- :; compare 1 Timothy 6:11).

peace, with, c.—rather, put no comma, "peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart" (1 Timothy 1:5 Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22). We are to love all men, but it is not possible to be at peace with all men, for this needs community of purpose and opinion; they alone who call on the Lord sincerely (as contrasted with the false teachers who had only the form of godliness, 2 Timothy 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:8; Titus 1:15; Titus 1:16) have this community [THEODORET]. (Titus 1:16- :).

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