Thematic Bible: Exhortations concerning
Thematic Bible
Godliness » Exhortations concerning
God's divine power has given us everything [necessary] for [abundant] life and godly living, through the knowledge of Him [i.e., God], who called us by His own splendor and goodness.
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If anyone teaches a different doctrine [i.e., from what has been urged above], and does not agree to [proclaim the] sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to teaching that is godly [i.e., in harmony with godliness],
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But you, man of God, run from these things [See verses 3-10], and pursue right living and godliness, having faith, love, perseverance and gentleness.
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Since all these things are [certain] to be destroyed, what kind of persons should you be, [if not like those] living holy lives, and in a godly manner,
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It instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly desires and to live sensible, righteous and godly lives in this present age,
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But you should have nothing to do with those worldly myths [See 1:4] and superstitious tales [often] told by old women. Instead, train yourself for living a godly life.
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First of all, then, I urge you to offer [special] requests, prayers, intercessions [Note: "Intercessions" probably refers to praying on behalf of others], and thanksgivings for all people. [Offer them] for kings and for all people in prominent [governmental] positions, so that we can live a peaceful and quiet life in all reverence [toward God] and respectability [toward people].
Related Topics
- A Righteous People
- Abstaining From Drugs
- Agape Love
- Aim At Love
- Authority, of human institutions
- Avoiding Evil
- Being A Man Of God
- Calling, The Goals Of
- Commitment, to the world
- Conduct, Proper
- Consistency
- Death To Self
- Destruction Of The World
- Different Teachings
- Divinity
- Doctrines of the The Gospel
- Endurance
- Evil Desires
- Excellence
- Exercise
- Faith, Growth In
- False Teachers
- Figures Of Speech
- Fraud
- Gentleness
- God Equipping For Good Works
- God Providing
- God Showed His Power
- God's Call, Results
- God's Provision
- God, The Provider
- Godlessness
- Godly Man
- Godly Reverence
- Godly Woman
- Goodness
- Goodness As A Fruit Of The Spirit
- Grace Being Sufficient
- Grandmothers
- Growth
- Hedonism
- Heresies
- Holiness
- Holiness Of The Saints
- Holiness, Purpose Of
- Honoring Authority
- Human Authority, Christian Response
- Intolerance
- Kingship, Human
- Last Things
- Leaders, Political
- Love, Abuse Of
- Lust
- Magistrates
- Maintaining Faith
- Ministry, Qualifications For
- Misteaching
- Myths
- Order In The Home
- Passion
- Patience, In Christian Living
- Peace, Believers Experience Of
- Prayer, For Others
- Present Evil Age
- Purpose
- Pursuing
- Pursuing Good
- Putting Off The Old Man
- Quietness
- Rejection
- Righteousness, Of Believers
- Rumours
- Saints
- Salvation, Possible To All Men
- Self Discipline
- Sin, Avoidance Of
- Sin, Causes Of
- Sobriety
- Sound Doctrine
- Spiritual Warfare, Enemies In
- Spirituality
- Submission
- Teachers
- Teaching
- The Gentleness Of God's People
- The power of Christ
- Ungodliness
- Unrighteousness
- Weak Women
- What Manner?
- Worldliness
- Denial
- Doctrine
- Efficiency
- Eternal life, gift of
- Ethics, and grace
- Ethics, social
- Evil, warnings against
- Perserverance
- Persevering
- Peter
- Piety
- Practice
- Shunning
- Stories
- Striving
- Training