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teach,  patient,  in  meekness  instructing  those
      that  oppose  themselves;  if  perhaps  God  will
      give repentance to them by acknowledging the
      truth;  and  that  they  may  recover  themselves
      out  of  the  snare  of  the  devil,  who  are  taken
      captive by him at his will.


      3  Avoid  foolish  questions,  genealogies,
      contentions,  and  strivings  about  the  law,  for
      they  are  unprofitable  and  vain.  Reject  a  man
      that  is  a  heretic  after  the  first  and  second
      admonition,  knowing  that  such  is  subverted
      and sin, being condemned of himself.  4 Do all
      things without murmurings and disputing: that
      you may be blameless and harmless, the sons

      of  God,  without  rebuke,  amid  a  crooked  and
      perverse  nation,  among  whom  you  shine  as
      lights in the world;  holding forth the word of
      life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I
      have not run in vain, or labored in vain.

      5 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to
      you of our common salvation, I needed to write

      unto  you  and  exhort  you  that  you  should
      instead  earnestly  contend  for  the  faith  that
      was once delivered unto the saints. For there
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