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2 Timothy 2:24-25 KJV
2 Timothy · chapter 2 · verses 24–25
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;2 Timothy 2:24-25 · King James Version
2 Timothy 2:24-25 in context
22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Commentary
Cross references
- Titus 3:2
- James 1:19-20
- Titus 1:7
- 1 Timothy 3:2-3
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
- 1 Timothy 6:11
- Philippians 2:14
- Ephesians 4:2
- Acts 11:18
- Galatians 6:1
- 1 Timothy 2:4
Key words (Strong's)
- acknowledgingepignōsisprecise and correct knowledge, used in the NT of the knowledge of things ethical and…G1922 →
- peradventuremēpotethat... not, lest, whether perhaps, whether or not, in no way, perhapsG3379 →
- instructingpaideuōto train children, to be instructed or taught or learn, to cause one to learn, to…G3811 →
- repentancemetanoiaa change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of…G3341 →
- meeknesspraotēsgentleness, mildness, meeknessG4236 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- strivemachomaito fight, of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle, of those…G3164 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
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I. Paul here exhorts Timothy to beware of youthful lusts, Ti2 2:22. Though he was a holy good man, very much mortified to the world, yet Paul thought it necessary to caution him against youthful lusts: "Flee them, take all possible care and pains to keep thyself pure from them." The lusts of the flesh are youthful…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-26