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# correcting his opponents with gentleness
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"gently correcting those who oppose him"
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# his opponents
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"people who say that what he teaches is not true"
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# Perhaps God may give them repentance
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Paul speaks of repentance as if it were an object that God could give people. Alternate translation: "God may give them the opportunity to repent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# for the knowledge of the truth
"so that they will know the truth"