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... A discourse of the pastoral care - Page 66by Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1818 - 217 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Flavel - Conversion - 1689 - 412 pages
...wait, let not the servant be 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... | |
| Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...the righteousness of God ; " and that " 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." With these rules of... | |
| 1804 - 508 pages
...must be held in faith, and defended and explained, and asserted in love: (2 Tim. i. 13.) and " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle...meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth." These directions to... | |
| George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...entreaty than command, beseeching them, by the lowliness and gentleness of Christ, knowing that " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be " gentle...meekness. " instructing those that oppose themselves f." He must be grave without moroseness, cheerful without levity. And, even in setting before his people... | |
| Missions - 1830 - 334 pages
...recommendation given by the Apostle to Timothy — 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 ever Minister had the furniture needful for him . who serves the Sanctuary under the Evangelical Dispensation,... | |
| William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...knowing that they do engender 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, will give them Repentance to the acknowledgment of Truth ; and that they may recover... | |
| 1881 - 622 pages
...the will of God. Authorised 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... | |
| Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 680 pages
...us. The servant of the Lord, says the apostle, must not strive, but must be gentle towards all men, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if peradventure God will give them repentance f. We must be cautious lest the old serpent find out a way of brooding over our hearts, and diffuse... | |
| James Lackington, Allan Macleod - Boarding schools - 1804 - 162 pages
...putting to death those who offend 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... | |
| John Mitchell - British - 1805 - 260 pages
...foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of God must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to...meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God perad venture may give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; and that they may recover... | |
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