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24 And the Lord’s [a]servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, 25 in meekness [b]correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may [c]recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been [d]taken captive [e]by him unto his will.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:24 Greek bondservant.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:25 Or, instructing
  3. 2 Timothy 2:26 Greek return to soberness.
  4. 2 Timothy 2:26 Greek taken alive.
  5. 2 Timothy 2:26 Or, by him, unto the will of God. Compare 2 Cor. 10:5. Greek by him, unto the will of him. In the Greek the two pronouns are different.