2 Timothy 2:24
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at 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 speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Read in contextJames 1:19–20
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Read in contextTitus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
Read in context1 Timothy 3:2–3
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Read in contextEphesians 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Read in contextPhilippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Read in context1 Timothy 6:11
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
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