2 Timothy 2:25

2 Timothy 2:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
• New International Version (NIV)Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,
• English Standard Version (ESV)correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
• New King James Version (NKJV)in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,

Context of 2 Timothy 2:25

23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels. 24And the servant of the Lord must not quarrel; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose him; if God perhaps 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.

2 Timothy 2:25 word by word

ἐν πραΰτητι παιδεύοντα τοὺς ἀντιδιατιθεμένους, μήποτε δώῃ αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς μετάνοιαν εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας,Read the interlinear

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• meeknessπραότηςpraotēs · gentlenessG4236
• instructingπαιδεύωpaideuō · to instructG3811
• himἀντιδιατίθημιantidiatithemai · to opposeG475
• ifμήποτεmēpote mē pote · lestG3379
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• acknowledgingἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis · knowledgeG1922
• truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 2:25

• Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest to your souls.
• Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
• 1 Timothy 6:11But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
• 1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
• Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
• Jeremiah 26:12Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
• John 5:34But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye may be saved.
• Acts 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defencewhich I makenow to you.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
• Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
• Ezekiel 36:26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
• Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
• Acts 5:21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
• Acts 11:18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance to life.
• James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• 1 John 5:16If any man shall see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Those that oppose - . This seems to refer to those who opposed the apostle's authority; and hence the propriety of the allusion to the rebellion of Korah and his company. See observations at the end of the chapter. If God peradventure - He was to use every means which he had reason to believe God might bless; and the apostle intimates that, bad as they were, they were not out of the reach of God's mercy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves - That is, those who embrace error, and array themselves against the truth. We are not to become angry with such persons, and denounce them at once as heretics. We are not to hold them up to public reproach and scorn; but we are to set about the business of patiently “instructing them.” Their grand difficulty, it is supposed in this direction, is, that they are ignorant of the truth. Our business with…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-26Verses 22-26 The more we follow that which is good, the faster and the further we shall flee from that which is evil. The keeping up the communion of saints, will take us from fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness. See how often the apostle cautions against disputes in religion; which surely shows that religion consists more in believing and practising what God requires, than in subtle disputes. Those are unapt to teach, who are apt to strive, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25gently reprove: Compare 1 Corinthians 4:21; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:14–15; Titus 3:10–11; Jude 1:22–23.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. instructing--Greek, "disciplining," instructing with correction, which those who deal in "uninstructive" or "undisciplined questions" need (see on 2Ti 2:23; 1Ti 1:20). those that oppose themselves--Greek, "oppositely affected"; those of a different opinion. if ... peradventure--Greek, "if at any time." repentance--which they need as antecedent to the full knowledge (so the Greek for 'acknowledgment') of the truth" (1Ti 2:4), their minds being…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 2:25

• Commandments
• Gentleness
• Meekness
• Minister, Christian
• Patience
• Repentance
• Righteous
• Strife
• Truth

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Acknowledge
• Approved
• Commit
• Deny
• Eat
• Election of Grace
• Endure
• Entangle

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings