 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
...weary : " The servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." 2 Tim. 2 : 24, 25. Though the beginning be small, our latter end... | |
 | George Bishop - 1703 - 598 pages
...flesh and blood, but with principalities, and powers, and spiritual wickedness in high places;" "and in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." — See 2 Tim. ii. 25. And the Son of God tells you, that he came... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1854 - 338 pages
...servant of the lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach (not to strike) patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil... | |
 | 1802 - 596 pages
...reviled, and abused in scurrilous pamphlets ; but we hope still we shall be enabled to goon undismayed, " in meekness, instructing those that oppose themselves, if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." " \Ve entertain no doubt respecting the goodness and importance... | |
 | 1804 - 508 pages
...13.) and " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth." These directions to those who embark in controversy, are too frequently... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...— And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in Meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them Repentance to the acknowledgment of Truth ; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil,... | |
 | 1881 - 622 pages
...Version. And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves : if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the... | |
 | James Lackington, Allan Macleod - 1804 - 162 pages
...him. — ' A servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men; apt to teach, patient : in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth.' To abridge the life of the impious man, is to take from him the... | |
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But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure... 
