# correcting his opponents with gentleness

"gently correcting those who oppose him"

# his opponents

"people who say that what he teaches is not true"

# Perhaps God may 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"