Prautes is a non-hostile manner of conduct shown in restoring, instructing, enduring, and responding to others.

The attested use presents prautes as a manner of conduct toward others: it marks restoration of someone caught in wrongdoing, instruction of opponents, patient endurance, and behavior offered without hostility. It is also named among qualities to put on or display, including alongside humility, patience, self-control, and peaceable conduct.

1. Gentle manner in conduct toward others · dominant

   Across its singular forms, the noun identifies the manner in which interpersonal actions are carried out. In Galatians 6:1 the APB renders restoration of a person overtaken in trespass as being done “in a spirit of gentleness”; in 2 Timothy 2:25 it renders instruction of opponents “In gentleness,” and in 1 Peter 3:16 it places such conduct alongside fear and a good conscience. Ephesians 4:2 and Titus 3:2 likewise place it within patient endurance, peaceable conduct, and treatment of all people.

   Galatians 6:12 Timothy 2:251 Peter 3:16Ephesians 4:2Titus 3:21 Corinthians 4:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB most often uses “gentleness,” including in instruction, restoration, and conduct, while 2 Corinthians 10:1 uses “meekness and gentleness.” These English choices indicate the verse-level presentation rather than a separate definition for each wording.