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2 Timothy 3:15
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.
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.
Verse 15. _FROM 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...
AND 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 Hebrew...
III. THE LAST DAYS AND THEIR PERILS CHAPTER 3 __ 1. The characteristics of the last days (2 Timothy 3:1) 2. What the last days mean for the true believer (2 Timothy 3:8) 3. The need of the Word of...
(_b_) 2 TIMOTHY 3:10. TIMOTHY'S SAFEGUARDS. Grave as these dangers are, however, Timothy has a double safeguard. (_a)_ His present difficult task does not take him by surprise. When, at Lystra (Acts 1...
TIMES OF TERROR (2 Timothy 3:1) _ 3:1 You must realize this--that in the last days difficult times will set in._ The early Church lived in an age when the time was waxing late; they expected the Sec...
But as for you, remain loyal to the things which you have learned, and in which your belief has been confirmed, for you know from whom you learned them, and you know that from childhood you have known...
FROM. App-104. CHILD. App-108. HOLY. Greek. _hieras._ Only here and 1 Corinthians 9:13. SCRIPTURES. Greek. Plural of _gramma._ See John 7:16. The usual word for the "Scriptures" is _graphe,_...
The appeal for pure life and doctrine in view both of St Paul's own past and the evil future The connexion is: -You were trained to a life the opposite of all this, in learning to copy me, in learnin...
_from a child_ Lit. FROM A BABE; the word occurs four times in St Luke's -Gospel of the Infancy," ch. 1 and 2, and again Luke 18:15; Acts 7:19. _thou hast known_ Lit. -thou knowest," the perfect havin...
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THE USES OF HOLY SCRIPTURE...
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DISCOURSE: 2256 THE EARLY KNOWLEDGE OF TIMOTHY 2 Timothy 3:15. _From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jes...
WITHSTAND THE APOSTASY 2 Timothy 3:10-17 _TEXT 3:10-17_ 10 But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience, 11 persecutions, sufferings; what things befell...
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. FROM A CHILD, [ apo (G575) brefous (G1025)] - 'fro...
12 This is a crucial test of our true state. Are we suffering persecution? If not, are we in earnest in our will to live devoutly in Christ Jesus? All who tread this path will be persecuted. Paul hims...
WARNINGS AND EXHORTATIONS REGARDING THE LAST DAYS 1-9. In the days immediately preceding the Second Coming, the Lord had taught that iniquity would abound. St. Paul reminds Timothy of this truth as a...
EXHORTATION. Timothy was well instructed in the OT. and in the gospel preached by St. Paul, and he must 'abide in the things that he had learnt and been assured of.'...
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES] RV 'the sacred writings,' i.e. the OT., which, when read in the light of the faith of Christ Jesus and with trust in Him, gave sufficient instruction for his salvation....
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 EVIL PERSONS IN THE LAST DAYS (3:1-9) V1 You should be aware that in the last days life will be very diffi...
AND THAT FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. — The Greek words translated “from a child” should be rendered, _from a very child,_ as the word denotes that Timothy’s instruction in the Ho...
CHAPTER 34 THE PERILS OF RATIONALISM AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LIFELONG CONTACT WITH TRUTH-THE PROPERTIES OF INSPIRED WRITINGS. - 2 Timothy 3:14 FOR the second time in this paragraph the Apostle...
I am not really uneasy about your steadfastness. You joined me as a disciple from spiritual and moral inducements only. The persecutions you saw me endure you knew to be typical of the conditions of a...
καὶ ὅτι : dependent on εἰδώς. For the change of construction, von Soden compares Romans 9:22-23; 1 Corinthians 14:5. Timothy's knowledge of things divine was derived not merely from persons, but from...
HOLD FAST TO INSPIRED SCRIPTURE 2 Timothy 3:10 The world does not love Christ or Christians any better than of old; and all who are minded to live godly lives will come inevitably to the cross in one...
Clearly seeing trouble coming from the teaching of those who were ''holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof," the apostle referred to his own manner of life and service as aff...
POWER TO CONFRONT THE COMING APOSTASY Paul's life stood in contrast to the lives of the false teachers and should have served as an example to Timothy and others around him. His teaching was sound and...
(14) But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; (15) And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
_BIBLE TEACHING_ ‘Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, whic...
_A GOOD CHARACTER*_ ‘From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures.’ 2 Timothy 3:15 If your friends were to be asked what they thought was the most hopeful thing about you, what would they say?...
_THE CHILD AND THE BOOK_ ‘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.’ 2 Timothy 3:15 This verse gives...
15_And that from (thy) childhood _This was also no ordinary addition, that he had been accustomed, from his infancy, to the reading of the Scripture; for this long habit may make a man much more stron...
Now this evil influence would too surely be exercised. The power of the holy truth of God would be lost in the assembly and among Christians; and those who bore this name would become (under the influ...
AND THAT FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES,.... And therefore must know that the doctrines he had learned were agreeable to them; and so is another reason why he should continue in them...
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. Ver. 15. _And that from a child_] Gr. απο βρεφους, f...
_But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned_ That is, continue to believe and obey them; _and hast been assured of_ Namely, of their absolute certainty and infinite importance; _knowing o...
HOLY SCRIPTURES; of the Old Testament. All who have the Bible may, and if they rightly treat it will, become wise to salvation; and if they do not, it will be their own fault....
When Paul wrote this to Timothy, "the last days" had not yet come, so it is evident that the epistle is not written strictly for Timothy personally, but for every individual believer who would follow...
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...
AND THAT FROM A CHILD; from thy infancy, by the instruction of thy mother Eunice, and thy grandmother Lois, 2 TIMOTHY 1:5. THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES; thou hast had a notion of the writings o...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen "Thou, O Timothy," he says, "from a child hast known the holy letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith that is in Christ...
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SECTION 3. THOSE WHO ARE TRULY THE LORD'S MUST EQUIP THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE GRIEVOUS TIMES THAT ARE COMING (2 TIMOTHY 2:19 TO 2 TIMOTHY 3:17). Having called on him to endure...
2 Timothy 3:15. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. The Greek noun is not that usually employed in the New Testament, but answers rather to ‘sacred literature' (Acts 26:24). It is used, however, of the Old Testament...
FROM A BABE (απο βρεφους). Only here in the Pastorals. This teaching from the fifth year, covering the whole of Timothy's recollections. See Mark 9:21 εκ παιδιοθεν, from a child.THOU HAS KNOWN (ο...
SALVATION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
2 Timothy 3:15 The Bible the True Guide. What are we to say to objections that may be raised to this or that portion of the Old Testament? Are we to close our ears to these objections? The answer to...
2 Timothy 3:14 There can be no reasonable doubt what is meant by the sacred writings with which Timothy had been familiar from his infancy. His mother, Eunice, was "a Jewess which believed," and the f...
2 Timothy 3:1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,...
CONTENTS: Apostasy predicted. The believer's resource, the Scriptures. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Timothy, Jannes, Jambres, Moses. CONCLUSION: The last days of the Gospel dispensation will be perilous...
2 Timothy 3:1. _In the last days perilous times shall come._ So the Spirit expressly spake when the measure of the jews should be full, when they should even deliver up their relatives to death, and w...
EVER SINCE YOU WERE A CHILD. See note on 2 Timothy 1:5. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. Since Timothy's parents were Christians, he would have available the Old Testament (the Septuagint in Greek) plus those Chr...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 3:15 TO MAKE YOU WISE FOR SALVATION. Scripture can lead to the “knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 2:25;...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 3:14. KNOWING OF WHOM.—R.V. margin, “Gr. what persons.” The apostle does not take the sole credit of the discipleship of Timothy, whose “faith does not stan...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 3:1 _But know this _for _this know also_,_ _A.V.; _grievous _for _perilous_,_ _A.V. GRIEVOUS TIMES (καιροὶ χαλεποί)._ _"Grievous" is not a very good rendering. "Perilous," thou...
Ver. 15. _And that from a very child_ (ἀπὸ βρέφους, from an infant, the youngest period of childhood) _thou knowest the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation._ This is only...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Second Timothy chapter three? Paul said to Timothy, This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come (2 Timothy 3:1). It is interesting that the Scri...
1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:12;...
From a child [α π ο β ρ ε φ ο υ ς]. Mostly in Luke. o P. Only here in Pastorals. See on 1 Peter 2:2. Comp. Mark 9:21, ejk paidioqen from a child. The holy Scriptures [ι ε ρ α γ ρ α μ μ α τ α]. Note pa...
OUR GUIDE AMONG THE WRECKAGE 2 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:1;...
SEVEN BIBLE MOTHERS 2 Timothy 1:1; _2 Timothy 3:13_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are studying a theme today which should have in it much of value to every one of us; even the men and the young men love mot...
From an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures — Of the Old Testament. These only were extant when Timothy was an infant. Which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith in the Mess...