Bible Strands
1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to Timothy, a young pastor in Ephesus, placing this command between a diagnosis (the love of money, v.10) and a call to fight (v.12).
The words — φεῦγε (pheuge), "do flee," is a present imperative: not a one-time escape but a sustained posture of running away from something.
The thread — 2 Timothy 2:22 repeats the same structure—flee from, pursue—and overlaps the list (righteousness, faith, love). The "man of God" title appears in 2 Timothy 3:17 as the one fully equipped for good work.
Why it lands — It names a direction: away from a specific temptation and toward a specific set of virtues, leaving no room for passive drift.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Cross-references
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
- 2 Timothy 3:17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
- Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- 2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
- Psalms 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- 1 Peter 3:11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.