2 Timothy 2:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome (fighting and contending). Instead, he must be kindly to everyone and mild-tempered [preserving the bond of peace]; he must be a skilled and suitable teacher, patient and forbearing and willing to suffer wrong.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

Common English Bible

God’s slave shouldn’t be argumentative but should be kind toward all people, able to teach, patient,

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild towards all men, apt to teach, patient,

2 Timothy 2:24 Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:6

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that give suck.

Daniel 6:20

And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice: the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

Matthew 12:19

He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

John 6:52

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Acts 15:2

And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts 23:9

And there arose a great clamour: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

Acts 7:26

And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

2 Corinthians 10:4

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strong holds);

2 Corinthians 6:4

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Deuteronomy 34:5

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

Philippians 2:14

Do all things without murmurings and disputings;

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Colossians 3:13

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

1 Timothy 6:11

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Titus 1:7

For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Titus 1:9

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

Titus 3:2

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, shewing all meekness toward all men.

James 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

Joshua 1:1

Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.