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So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
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Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
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And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing,
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correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,
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and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
