Reading for Today - II Timothy 2:20-26 - pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace

2 Timothy 2:20-26 (ESV)

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

May we seek to be vessels of honor by . . .

Let us pursue

1) Righteousness

2) Faith

3) Love

4) Peace

Let us avoid

1) Youth passions

2) Foolishness

3) Ignorant controversies

4) Being quarrelsome

Let us

1) Be Kind

2) Able to teach

3) Patiently enduring evil

4) Correcting opponents with gentleness