2 TIMOTHY 2:23-26

FURTHER, REJECT FOOLISH AND IGNORANT DEBATES, KNOWING THAT THEY PRODUCE FIGHTS. FOR A SLAVE OF THE LORD DOES NOT NEED TO FIGHT, BUT NEEDS TO BE GENTLE TOWARD ALL, QUALIFIED TO TEACH, SHOWING RESTRAINT WHEN WRONGED, INSTRUCTING WITH MILDNESS THOSE NOT FAVORABLY DISPOSED. PERHAPS GOD MAY GIVE THEM REPENTANCE LEADING TO AN ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, AND THEY MAY COME TO THEIR SENSES AND ESCAPE FROM THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL, SEEING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ALIVE BY HIM TO DO HIS WILL. 2 TIMOTHY 2:23-26