| Phil.1.28 | and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. |
| 1Tim.1.13 | though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, |
| 2Tim.2.25 | correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, |
| Titus.2.8 | and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. |