From The Message: Encouragement to avoid debate that results in argument. Encouragement to speak gently or simply listen. It is not our duty to argue someone into Heaven. It is our duty as Christians, to offer an avenue, insights, experience, and direction according to His Will. HE will bring non-believers in His time, in His way.
22-26 Run away from infantile indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God’s servant must not be argumentative, but a gentle listener and a teacher who keeps cool, working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. You never know how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning to the truth, enabling them to escape the Devil’s trap, where they are caught and held captive, forced to run his errands.
~2 Timothy 2 v 22-26
