2 Timothy 2:19-21
1599 Geneva Bible
19 [a]But the foundation of God remaineth sure, and hath this seal, The Lord knoweth who are his: and, Let everyone that [b]calleth on the Name of Christ, depart from iniquity.
20 [c]Notwithstanding in a great house are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, (A)and some for honor, and some unto dishonor.
21 If any man therefore [d]purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the Lord, and prepared unto every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 2:19 A digression: wherein he salveth that offense that rose by their falling away: showing first, that the elect are out of all danger of any such falling away: secondly, that they are known to God and not to us: and therefore it is no marvel if we count hypocrites oftentimes for true brethren: but we must take heed that we be not like them, but rather that we be indeed, such as we are said to be.
- 2 Timothy 2:19 That serveth and worshippeth him, and is as it were named of him, a faithful man or Christian.
- 2 Timothy 2:20 The taking away of an objection: it is no dishonor to the good man of the house, that he hath not in a great house all vessels of one sort and for one service, but we must look to this, that we be found vessels prepared to honor.
- 2 Timothy 2:21 By these words is meant the execution of the matter, and not the cause: for in that we purge ourselves, it is not to be attributeth to any free will that is in us, but to God, who freely and wholly worketh in us a good and an effectual will.
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