“in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,”
— WEB
2 Timothy 2:25
Cited in 1 topic on this site.
Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;”
— KJV
“in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,”
— ASV
Topics that cite this verse
Commentary
instructing--Greek, "disciplining," instructing with correction, which those who deal in "uninstructive" or "undisciplined questions" need (see on Ti2 2:23; Ti1 1:20). those that oppose themselves--Greek, "oppositely affected"; those of a different opinion. if . . . peradventure--Greek, "if at any time." repentance--which they need as antecedent to the full knowledge (so the Greek for 'acknowledgment') of the truth" (Ti1 2:4), their minds being corrupted (Ti2 3:8), and their lives immoral. The cause of the spiritual ignorance which prompts such "questions" is moral, having its seat in the will, not in the intellect (Joh 7:17). Therefore repentance is their first need. That, not man, but God alone can "give" (Act 5:31).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
Newsletter
One verse, every Tuesday.
A short reflection, a single passage, three articles to read. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.