...quiet discussion; as it is written, " The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle toward all men, apt to teach, patient; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves."* It-is ours, I say, to desire to obtain this part in the work; it belongs to God to give what is good...

...ii. 23, 24, " But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men." Phil. ii. 14, 15, " Do all things without murmurings and disputings : that ye may be blameless and...

...too shall be held to be carnal. For it is written of matters of this sort, which beget strife: "The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient, with moderation instructing those that oppose themselves,"1 And in another place...

...God and He gives us the proper revelation and illumination of the same! Verse 24 exhorts, "And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient." We must not fight with others - as do the apostates — but we must present the Gospel with passion,...