2 Timothy 2:22-26
English Standard Version
22 So (A)flee (B)youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with (C)those who call on the Lord (D)from a pure heart. 23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant (E)controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And (F)the Lord's servant[a] must not be quarrelsome but (G)kind to everyone, (H)able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents (I)with gentleness. God (J)may perhaps grant them repentance (K)leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (L)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
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- 2 Timothy 2:24 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Titus 3:9-11
English Standard Version
9 But (A)avoid foolish (B)controversies, (C)genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for (D)they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 As for a person who stirs up division, (E)after warning him once and then twice, (F)have nothing more to do with him, 11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.
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