A Worker Approved by God

14 Remind them of these things, and ^dcharge them before God¹ not to ^equarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

24 And the Lord’s servant¹ must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 ^wcorrecting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the ^xsnare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.