2 Timothy 3:15

2 Timothy 3:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• New International Version (NIV)and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Context of 2 Timothy 3:15

13But evil men and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14You, however, continue in what you have learned and what you have become convinced of. For you know from whom you have learned, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise, leading to salvation through trusting in Messiah Yeshua. 16All Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for restoration, and for training in righteousness, 17so that the person belonging to God may be capable, fully equipped for every good deed.

2 Timothy 3:15 word by word

καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• a childβρέφοςbrephos · infantG1025
• thou hast knownεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• the holyἱερόςhieros · sacredG2413
• scripturesγράμμαgramma · something writtenG1121
• which are ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• to makeσοφίζωsophizō · to make wiseG4679
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• salvationσωτηρίαsōtēria · salvationG4991
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 3:15

• 2 Timothy 1:5I recall the genuine faithfulness within you, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure it is within you as well.
• 1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel was ministering before Adonai, as a boy girded with a linen ephod.
• 2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of his father David. In the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved and molten images.
• Psalms 71:17God, You taught me from my youth, and I still keep declaring Your wonders.
• Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me. Those who earnestly seek me find me.
• Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: before the days of misery come, and years draw near when you will say: “I have no pleasure in them”—
• Luke 1:15He will be great before Adonai; and he should not drink wine and intoxicating beverage, but he will be filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh just out of his mother’s womb.
• Luke 2:40The Child kept growing and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him.
• Daniel 10:21But first, I will tell you what is recorded in the writing of truth.’ (No one strengthened me against these, except Michael your prince.
• Matthew 22:29But answering, Yeshua said to them, “You’ve gone astray, because you don’t understand the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Luke 24:27Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.
• Acts 17:2As was his custom, Paul went to the Jewish people; and for three Shabbatot, he debated the Scriptures with them.
• Romans 1:2which He announced beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures.
• Romans 16:26but now is revealed and through the Writings of the Prophets has been made known to all the nations, according to the commandment of the eternal God to bring about obedience of faith—
• 1 Corinthians 15:3For I also passed on to you first of all what I also received— that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures - The early religious education of Timothy has been already sufficiently noticed; see 2 Timothy 1:5, and the preface to the first epistle. St. Paul introduces this circumstance again here for the confirmation of Timothy's faith. He had learned the doctrines of Christianity from a genuine apostle; and, as Christianity is founded on the law and the prophets, Timothy was able to compare its doctrines with all…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures - That is, the Old Testament; for the New Testament was not then written; see the notes at John 5:39. The mother of Timothy was a pious Hebrewess, and regarded it as one of the duties of her religion to train her son in the careful knowledge of the word of God. This was regarded by the Hebrews as an important duty of religion, and there is reason to believe that it was commonly faithfully…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-17Verses 14-17 Those who would learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. The age of children is the age to learn; and those who would get true learning, must get it out of the Scriptures. They must not lie by us neglected, seldom or never looked into. The Bible is a sure guide to eternal life. The prophets and apostles did not speak from themselves, but delivered what they received of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15From childhood, Timothy's Jewish grandmother and mother, Lois and Eunice, taught him the Old Testament Scriptures (see Acts 16:1–3; see 2 Timothy 1:5). Their lives reinforced their teachings. the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise … in Christ Jesus: The Old Testament Scriptures give people the wisdom to receive Christ. At the same time, understanding Jesus Christ is necessary to fully understand the Old Testament Scriptures.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. from a child--literally, "from an infant." The tender age of the first dawn of reason is that wherein the most lasting impressions of faith may be made. holy scriptures--The Old Testament taught by his Jewish mother. An undesigned coincidence with 2Ti 1:5; Ac 16:1-3. able--in themselves: though through men's own fault they often do not in fact make men savingly alive. wise unto salvation--that is, wise unto the attainment of salvation. Contrast…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Timothy 3:15

• Children
• Faith
• Instruction
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Salvation
• Timothy
• Wisdom
• Word of God

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• Christ, Messiah
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings