JMNT(i)
24 Now it is continually binding for (or: it is a constant necessity to)
a slave of [
the]
Lord (= Yahweh's or Christ's slave)
not to be habitually fighting (or: it is not necessary for the Lord's slave to be battling or contending),
but to the contrary [
he/she]
is to be gentle (kind; mild)
toward all, qualified, skillful and able in teaching, one holding up under poor conditions (or: having an upward focus in bad situations; holding an “up attitude” in regard to evil),
25 in accommodating meekness and with consideration constantly educating (training; disciplining; instructing; correcting)
those habitually setting themselves in complete opposition or who offer resistance. May not God at some time give a change of thinking to them (or: Would not God grant in them and supply for them a change of mind), [
directing and leading them]
into a full and accurate experiential knowledge of Truth and reality?
26 And then they can and may sober up (or: would come back to their proper senses)
from out of the adversary's snare (or: forth from out of the midst of the trap of the person who thrusts something through folks) –
being folks having been [
previously]
captured alive under (or: by)
him, into the will (intent; design; purpose)
of that one (or: that person).