³¹ Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.^(A)

²⁴ And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient,^(A)

²⁵ correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth^(A)