Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Timothy 2:24-26

"And the Lord`s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will." — 2 Timothy 2:24-26 (ASV)

We have here laid down, then, the duty of the Christian minister and the duty of each Christian too, and let us seek, in the Holy Spirit's grace, to carry it out, being at once firm, and gentle, and loving of heart, and yet honest for the truth as it is in Jesus.