25With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth,


In Context

22 But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity, and peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23 And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strifes.

24 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild towards all men, apt to teach, patient,

25 With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth,

26 And they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

2 Timothy 2:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:25Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:25in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:25in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25in meekness instructing those opposing — if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;