In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,
ἐν πρᾳότητι παιδεύοντα τοὺς ἀντιδιατιθεμένους· μήποτε δῷ αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς μετάνοιαν εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας,
en praotēti paideyonta toys antidiatithemenoys· mēpote dō aytois o Theos metanoian eis epignōsin alētheias,