not resentful
anexikakos describes the Lord’s servant as not giving way to resentment while remaining gentle and able to teach.
Its attested use describes the Lord’s servant as maintaining a non-resentful disposition within a charge to avoid quarrelling, be gentle toward all, and be able to teach.
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Non-resentful conduct toward others · dominant
In 2 Timothy 2:24, the accusative singular masculine adjective occurs in the description of “the slave of the Lord,” alongside instructions not to quarrel, to be gentle toward all, and to be able to teach. The APB renders the closing quality as “not resentful.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 2:24, the APB presents the quality as “not resentful”; This rendering is confirmed by the verse’s broader description rather than treated as a precise lexical equation.