 | Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...crucified the flcfii, with the affections and luih. 79. h 2 Tim. ii. 2j. In meeknefs infhuiting thofc that oppofe themfelves ; if God peradventure will...them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. / /tv.ii. xii. I*. And I will pour upon tbe houfe of David, and upon the inhabitants of jjprufilem,... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 514 pages
...Lord muft not ftrive, but be gen*c tie unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meeknefs " inftructing thofe that oppofe themfelves, if God " peradventure will give them repentance to the ac" knowledging of the truth." 2 Tim. ii. 22, 23, 24, 25. There is fuch a depth of wifdom lodged in... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...gentle unto all ?nen, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meeknefs inftrudling thofe that oppofe thetnfelves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth } 103 26 And that they may recover themfelves out of the fhare of the devil, who are taken captive... | |
 | Friend to Truth - 1789 - 370 pages
...that day. In his ad Epiftle to Timothy ch. ii, v. 25 and 26, he fays — ' In meeknefs in' ftrucYmg thofe that oppofe themfelves ; if God ' peradventure...them repentance to the * acknowledging of the truth (did he himfelf adt * thus in the cafe of Elymus, Hymeneus, or * Alexander ?) and that they may recover... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1794 - 738 pages
...contend, but muft " be gentle towards all men, patient, and apt to teach ; in meeknefs inftrufting thofe that oppofe themfelves, if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth ; that they may be faved." 1 (hall only obferve, 4thly, that another and... | |
 | William Wilberforce - Apologetics - 1798 - 546 pages
...Lord muft not ftrive ; but be gentle " unto all men ; apt to teach, patient, in meeknefs inftruct" ing thofe that oppofe themfelves : if God peradventure...will give them repentance to the acknowledging of th» a truth." (2 Timothy, ii. 24, 25.) occafion furprife, that under all thefe cir* cumftances, one... | |
 | 1804 - 508 pages
...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 forgotten by polemical writers;... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Methodism - 1802 - 382 pages
...not contend, but muft " be gentle towards all men, patient, and apt to teach, in meeknefs inftructing thofe that oppofe themfelves, if God, peradventure,...them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; that they may be faved." I fhall only add here, that another and moft important mean to be ufed is... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 456 pages
...upon this encouragement that St. Paul recommends the ufe of proper means to reclaim the obftinate : if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Tim. ii. 25. Regeneration alfo, in which faith and repentance and other graces are implanted, is... | |
 | 1881 - 622 pages
...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, who are taken captive bj him... | |
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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... 
