2 Timothy 2:24
22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
26 Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- KJV
- And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
- WEB
- The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,
- ASV
- And the Lord`s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
- DARBY
- And a bondman of [the] Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
- BLB
- And it is necessary for a servant of the Lord not to quarrel, but to be kind toward all, able to teach, forbearing,
- ÅB
- Men en Herrens tjener må ikke stride, han må være mild imot alle, duelig til å lære andre, i stand til å tåle ondt,
- OTB
- Herrens tjener må ikke være kranglete, men være vennlig mot alle, dyktig i undervisning, tålmodig når han blir urettferdig behandlet,
- B1930
- Men en Herrens tjener må ikke stride, han må være mild imot alle, duelig til å lære andre, i stand til å tåle ondt,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Titus 3:2
to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
Read in contextJames 1:19–20
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Read in contextTitus 1:7
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:7
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
Read in context1 Timothy 3:2–3
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Read in contextEphesians 4:2
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Read in contextPhilippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
Read in context1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
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