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(What you are about to read is my favorite kind of Bible Study. I left
it as it is written in my journal.)
II Timothy 2:2, 24-26
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Vs.2
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"And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the
same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also."
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24-26
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"And the *servant of the LORD must not strive, but be gentle unto all
men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that* OPPOSE
THEMSELVES; if God peradventure will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves
out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will."
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*SERVANT---Strong’s Concordance #1401
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"A slave; bondservant in a qualified sense of subjection or subservancy."
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*OPPOSE- Strong’s Concordance #475
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"To set oneself opposite; BE *DISPUTATIOUS
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Webster’s Dictionary
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"To set against; to place as an obstacle with a view to counterbalance
or counteravail and thus to hinder, defeat, destroy, or to prevent effect.
---to act against; to resist by physical force, by arguments or by other
means; to act as an opponent. ---synonym---combat, withstand, resist,
contradict, deny, obstruct.
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*DISPUTATIOUS---Webster’s Dictionary---
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"Inclined to dispute; apt to *CAVAIL or *CONTROVERT
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*CAVAIL= |
to find fault without good reason jeer, mock, a jeering mocking
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*CONTROVERT=
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to turn in an opposite direction. To dispute---to oppose by reasoning.
To contend against in words or writings; To deny and attempt to dispute. To agitate or argue against.
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I cannot think of anything that an emotionally damaged/dysfunctional person
can do that is not named in the definitions of OPPOSE....themselves.
Pulling words from the verses and all of the definitions above:
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OPPOSE
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OPPOSE THEMSELVES
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Hinder
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Act against
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| Defeat |
Resist by hurting one’s
self
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| Destroy |
Opponent to themselves
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| Prevent
effects |
Combat
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| Dispute |
Contradict
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| Find
fault falsely |
Resist
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| Jeer |
Deny
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| Mock |
Obstruct
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| Turn
in opposite direction |
Believing lies (vs.23)
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| Contend
against oneself |
Agitate
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Argue against oneself
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