2 Timothy 2:25
ContextNET © | correcting 1 opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth 2 |
NIV © | Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, |
NASB © | with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, |
NLT © | They should gently teach those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will believe the truth. |
MSG © | working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. You never know how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning to the truth, |
BBE © | Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge, |
NRSV © | correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth, |
NKJV © | in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, |
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NET © | correcting 1 opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth 2 |
NET © Notes |
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.” |