Youthful (νεωτερικας). Literary Koine word (Polybius, Josephus), only here in N.T. There are lusts peculiar to flaming yout…

Flee also youthful lusts. These are passions to which youth are subject. Regarding the word flee and the relevance of its use in …

Flee also youthful lusts.—But he who would indeed become a “vessel for honour” in that great house of God must d…

But follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid…

Timothy was still a rather young man, probably in his early thirties, and so the aged apostle warns him: “Flee the evil desires of youth.” The impl…

Flee youthful desires. This is an inference from what was previously stated; for, after mentioning useless questions, and having been led …

Flee also youthful lusts
Meaning not lusts of uncleanness, lasciviousness, and filthiness; nor any of those follies …

The more we follow that which is good, the faster and further we will flee from that which is evil. Maintaining the communion of saints will take u…

1. Previously, the author showed that profane chatter must be avoided, drawing his reason from the harm it causes. Here he shows the same th…