I was thinking of hostilities in a non physical sense...
I understood that. But now that you've mentioned this, it wouldn't surprise me these days if someone found a video that shows some eschatological debate turning physical! And wouldn't it be nice if our Lord would just put the best of the best interpreters in the ring or cage and have the matter settled once and for all? Of course, with His sense of humor it could just end in a draw. So, it would actually be better if He would just show up for the match kind of like He did with Jacob. And since we're talking eschatology, maybe like He did in AD70. But, just by this statement some may now desire to debate the eschatology of AD70. So, goes eschatology...
Since it looks like you may prefer the
NAS translation:
NAS 2 Timothy 2:22-26 Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 23 But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
NAS Ephesians 4:29-5:4 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. 3 But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named among you, as is proper among saints; 4 and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. (And I'd keep reading).
NAS 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
This type of mandate and instruction concerning relationship among Christian siblings in Christ in Spirit goes on and on..
Yes, I am aware of sarcasm used in the Text and of how our Lord, Paul and others said some aggressive things about God's enemies.
Yes, I am aware of Titus being sent to clean up congregation(s) and silence "empty talkers and deceivers". IMO too many immature Christians think they're Titus.
No, I'm not syrupy and emotional about love toward one another or neighbor. I do still get a bit choked up thinking about our Lord and first-born brother (Rom8:29) going to the cross. Then I temper that knowing it was the greatest act of love for our Father and for man. And I stand in awe and maximum admiration of His sacrifice, then go back to bowing the knee in submission to Him, which in part is love for Him.
Re: the Spirit. It's easy to claim we learned the truth from His Spirit or from a spiritual teacher educated or not educated in the original languages (I learned long ago to prefer educated BTW - as it seems you did). It's also easy at times to show from the Word how some supposed Spirit learned truth is wrong. And I learned that knowledge of the languages is not in itself a road to understanding Spirit enlightened truth. Again, I'm not targeting you, but men can sit under teaching for a lifetime, be obnoxious toward others who have done similarly but have been taught differently, and all the while one or both have been taught wrongly. We live in a time where there is supposedly something like 60,000 denominations (or some such absurd number). I doubt there is one or many doctrinal topics that can be fully agreed upon on these forums. Yet everyone thinks they know the Truth.