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Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth. correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式，這樣你們心裡就必得享安息。 弟兄們，若有人偶然被過犯所勝，你們屬靈的人就當用溫柔的心把他挽回過來；又當自己小心，恐怕也被引誘。 但你這屬神的人要逃避這些事，追求公義、敬虔、信心、愛心、忍耐、溫柔。 只要心裡尊主基督為聖。 有人問你們心中盼望的緣由，就要常做準備，以溫柔、敬畏的心回答各人， instructing. 你們當聽，當側耳而聽，不要驕傲，因為耶和華已經說了。 耶利米就對眾首領和眾民說：「耶和華差 …

25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. …

What does 2 Timothy 2:25 mean? Paul adds a fourth positive attribute to his list from the previous verse. The ability to give a mature, loving, effective answer is crucial to Christian leadership.

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth. and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

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

2 Timothy 2:25-26 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.... Read verse in New International Version

2 Timothy 2:25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves To the truth; resist it and deny it; or contradict some other tenets and principles of theirs, or the Scriptures, which they themselves allowed to be the word of God, and the rule of faith and practice, and so are self-convinced and self-condemned.