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23 and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

24 and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

25 in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

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23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.(A) 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.(B) 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,(C)

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