2 Timothy 2:25 (DRB)

Passage

With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth;

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 2:23 And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strifes.

2 Timothy 2:24 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient,

2 Timothy 2:25 With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth;

2 Timothy 2:26 And they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil by whom they are held captive at his will.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "modesty", "admonishing", "resist", "truth", "peradventure", "give", and "repentance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "modesty" and "admonishing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "But the servant of the Lord must..." into verse 26's "And they may recover themselves from the...", so "modesty" and "admonishing" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "modesty" and "admonishing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.