2 TIMOTHY 2:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. — The eschatological hope: opponents may nēphō (regain sobriety) and exairo (escape) from Satan's pagis (snare). Currently captured (zaōgreō) for his purposes, they remain salvageable through gentle correction.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 2:26
What he says amounts to this. Perhaps there will be a reformation. Perhaps! For it is uncertain. So that we ought to withdraw only from those, of whom we can show plainly, and concerning whom we are fully persuaded, that whatever be done, they will not be reformed. “In meekness,” he says. In this temper, you see, we ought to address ourselves to those who are willing to learn, and never cease from conversing with them till we have come to the demonstration. “Who are taken…
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