2Ti 2:25, 4:14, 2Pe 2:20-22, 1Jo 5:16 | ESV | STEP | correcting his opponents with gentleness . God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth ,

2 Timothy 2:25

25 correcting his opponents ^awith gentleness. God ^bmay perhaps grant them repentance ^cleading to a knowledge of the truth,

2 Timothy 4:14

14 ^dAlexander the coppersmith did me great harm; ^ethe Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

2 Peter 2:20-22

20 For if, ^fafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ^gthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^hthe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For ⁱit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from ^jthe holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^kdog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

1 John 5:16

16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ^lGod ^{▼▼Greek he} will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ⁿThere is sin that leads to death; ^oI do not say that one should pray for that.