2 Timothy 2:25

correcting ¹  opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth ² 

Jer 13:15-17; Jer 26:12-15; Jer 31:18,19,33; Eze 11:19; Eze 36:26,31; Zec 12:10; Mt 11:29; Mt 21:32; Mr 1:3,4,15; Joh 5:34; Ac 2:38; Ac 5:21; Ac 8:22; Ac 11:18; Ac 20:21; Ac 22:1-23:11; Ga 6:1; 1Ti 2:4; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:7; Tit 1:1; Jas 1:17; 1Pe 3:15; 1Jo 5:16

¹ sn Correcting is the word for “child-training” or “discipline.” It is often positive (training, educating) but here denotes the negative side (correcting, disciplining).

² tn Grk “repentance unto knowledge of the truth.”