AUV(i)
22 But run from the evil desires of youth and pursue [the practice of] right living, faith, love and peace, along with those people who call on the Lord [i.e., in prayer] from a pure heart.
23 But refuse [to participate in] foolish and stupid arguments, knowing that they produce quarreling.
24 For the Lord’s slave must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, capable of teaching, [and] patient [with difficult people and situations].
25 [He must] gently correct those people who oppose [him], in hope that God will give them [opportunity for] repentance, leading to a [full] knowledge of the truth,
26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from being trapped by the devil, who had captured them to do what he wanted.