# in meekness
"meekly" or "gently"
# teach those
"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/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# for the knowledge of the truth
"so that they will know the truth"