# in meekness "meekly" or "gently" # educate those "teach those" or "correct those" # God may perhaps give them repentance 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/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # for the knowledge of the truth "so that they will know the truth"