2 Timothy 2:26
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The goal of patient, gentle correction — that opponents 'may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will' — presents adversaries of the gospel not as irredeemable enemies but as devil-entrapped prisoners who need liberation rather than condemnation. The Greek 'ananēpsōsin' (recover themselves, literally 'become sober again') implies a return from an intoxicated, dream-like state to clear-headed reality — a metaphor that grounds the text in ancient concepts of spiritual delusion as a form of moral drunkenness. The ambiguous pronoun 'at his will' (ekeinon thelēma) has generated debate: it may refer to the devil's will (captives who do his bidding) or to God's will (God granting repentance so they may do his will). The verse shaped early Christian pastoral theology of gentle instruction as a form of spiritual rescue.
Autres traductions
and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
Références croisées
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
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Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because …
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own …
But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the …
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out …
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee …
But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon …
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.