Flee and Pursue

Paul pairs two verbs here that are easy to separate but were meant to work together: flee and pursue. Fleeing temptation alone, without pursuing something in its place, tends to leave a vacuum that gets refilled with the same old pattern. What are you actively pursuing instead of the thing you're trying to avoid? Notice too the community clause — pursuing this alongside others who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Isolation makes fleeing harder; find someone today to pursue righteousness alongside.