2 Timothy 2:24-26 and the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but gentle toward all men, able to teach, patient under evils,

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ and the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but gentle toward all men, able to teach, patient under evils, ²⁵ in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth, ²⁶ and that they may awake to sobriety out of the snare of the devil, after having been taken captive by him according to his will.