2 Timothy 2:24

A Worker Approved To God And Not Ashamed

²³ But the foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they gender quarrels; ²⁴ and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong, ²⁵ in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth,

Bond of Peace

Servant of the Lord

1 Timothy 3:2-3

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;

Titus 3:2

to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, forbearing, showing all meekness to all men.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

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

Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be without reproach, as Gods steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,

Matthew 12:19

He will not strive, nor cry aloud, nor will any one hear his voice in the streets.

John 6:52

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

Acts 7:26

And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?

Acts 15:2

But when Paul and Barnabas had had no small dissension and debate with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts 23:9

And there arose a great clamor; and scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose, and contended, saying, We find nothing amiss in this man; but if a spirit hath spoken to him or an angel

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I, who present indeed am lowly among you, but am bold toward you when absent;

2 Corinthians 10:4

(for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds,)

Galatians 5:22

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

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and meekness, with longsuffering; bearing with one another in love,

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

Philippians 2:14

Do all things without murmurings and doubts;

Colossians 3:13

bearing with each other, and forgiving each other, if any one have a complaint against another; even as Christ freely forgave you, do ye also freely forgive;

1 Timothy 6:11

But do 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 Christ Jesus, for the faith of Gods elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Titus 1:9

holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught, that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.

James 1:1

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

James 1:19-20

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

James 3:17

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

James 4:2

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

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you, I found it necessary to write to you concerning the common salvation, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.