en_tn/2ti/02/25.md

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# 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"