2 Timothy 2:22-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 So turn from youthful desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord[a] with purity of heart.(A) 23 Avoid foolish and ignorant debates, for you know that they breed quarrels.(B) 24 A slave of the Lord should not quarrel, but should be gentle with everyone, able to teach, tolerant,(C) 25 correcting opponents with kindness. It may be that God will grant them repentance that leads to knowledge of the truth,(D) 26 [b]and that they may return to their senses out of the devil’s snare,(E) where they are entrapped by him, for his will.
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- 2:22 Those who call on the Lord: those who believe in Christ and worship him as Lord, i.e., Christians (Acts 9:14–16, 20–21; Rom 10:12–13; cf. 2 Tm 2:19, literally, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord”).
- 2:26 Some interpreters would render this passage, “Thus they may come to their senses and, forced to do his (i.e., God’s) will, may escape the devil’s trap.” This interpretation of the Greek is possible, but the one accepted in the text seems more likely.
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