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


In Context

22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23 But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

24 The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

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

26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:25With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know 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 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;