The Greek verb ananepho means "to return to soberness" or "to come to one's senses." It appears once in 2 Timothy 2:26, describing those trapped by the devil who need to "come to their senses."
Paul uses ananepho in 2 Timothy 2:26 to describe the goal of gentle correction: that those ensnared in false teaching might "come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil." The imagery is of someone drugged or intoxicated by deception. Gentle instruction is the means God uses to awaken the ensnared. Spiritual deception is a stupor from which only grace-enabled sobriety can rescue.