21 Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

22 But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart. 23 But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, because you[a] know that they produce quarrels.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:23 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal