{
  "id": "MTOM-0096",
  "title": "Gentleness confused with softness toward evil",
  "slug": "gentleness-confused-with-softness-toward-evil",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/gentleness-confused-with-softness-toward-evil/",
  "category": "Love, Judgment, and Correction",
  "severity": "3",
  "summary": "Biblical gentleness is strength under God, not softness toward evil. It restores sinners without making peace with sin.",
  "diagnosis": "The same apostolic witness commands gentleness and sharp rebuke, because both are governed by love and truth.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "2 Tim 2:24-26",
    "Titus 1:13",
    "Gal 6:1",
    "Eph 4:15",
    "Rom 12:9"
  ],
  "key_terms": [
    "prautes [gentleness]",
    "agape [love]",
    "elencho [reprove]",
    "miseo [hate, reject]"
  ],
  "related_slugs": [
    "judge-not-lest-you-be-judged",
    "love-homosexuals-do-not-challenge-them",
    "unconditional-love",
    "must-be-nice-as-a-christian",
    "protect-sinners-and-believers-from-offensive-truth",
    "confusing-boldness-with-fleshly-harshness"
  ],
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local tooltip data",
  "status": "published_package_draft"
}