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2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
2 TIMOTHY 3:16 kai, Because the word kai, seems to disturb the construction, it is omitted in several versions and Fathers (vgcl syrp copbo Origenlat Hilary Ambrosiaster Primasius)....
Verse 16. _ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD_] This sentence is not well translated; the original πασα γραφη θεοκνευστος ωφιλιμος προς διδασκαλιαν, κ. τ. λ. should be rendered: _Every writ...
ALL SCRIPTURE - This properly refers to the Old Testament, and should not be applied to any part of the New Testament, unless it can be shown that that part was then written, and was included under th...
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...
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...
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...
ALL SCRIPTURE. Greek. _pasagraphe_ (singular) GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD. God-inbreathed. Greek. _theopneustos._ Only here. PROFITABLE. See 1 Timothy 4:8. FOR. App-104. REPROOF. Greek. _elenchos._...
_All scripture_ The word for -Scripture" occurs fifty-one times in N.T., always, except 2 Peter 3:16, of the recognised Old Testament Scriptures, the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, or of one...
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...
ΚΑΊ. This is omitted by the Bohairic, the Peshito, and some MSS. of the Latin Vulgate; but the authority for its insertion is overwhelming. ἘΛΕΓΜΌΝ. So אACG; ἔλεγχον, the reading of the rec. text, is...
THE USES OF HOLY SCRIPTURE...
ΓΡΑΦΉ (G1124) Писание (TDNT; Schlatter; Guthrie; Lea and Griffin), ΘΕΌΠΝΕΥΣΤΟΣ (G2315) богодухновенный, вдохновленный Богом. Рабби учили, что Дух Божий пребывал в пророках и говорил через них, поэтом...
DISCOURSE: 2257 THE EXCELLENCY OF THE SCRIPTURES 2 Timothy 3:16. _All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteo...
ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD,— The scriptures with which Timothy had been acquainted from his infancy were evidently those of the Old Testament; for none of the books of the New Testam...
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...
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ALL SCRIPTURE, [ pasa (G3956) graphee (G1124)] - 'Every...
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.'...
ALL SCRIPTURE] RV 'every scripture.' The AV is right, because St. Paul is here contemplating the OT. not as a work made up of many writings, but as one book. So in Ephesians 3:15; 'the whole family in...
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...
ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD. — Although this rendering is grammatically possible, the more strictly accurate translation, and the one adopted by nearly all the oldest and most trustwo...
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...
In the absence of any extant Greek MS. authority for the omission of καί before ὠφέλιμος, we may assume that the early writers who ignored it did so from carelessness. The sentence then is best taken...
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...
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...
(5) All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (5) The eighth admonition which is most precious:...
All scripture divinely inspired is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, or admonish, to instruct others in justice, and in the ways of virtue, that thus he who is a man of God, a minister of t...
(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...
_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...
_WHAT INSPIRATION IS NOT_ ‘All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.’ 2 Timothy 3:16 Can we believ...
16_All Scripture; _or, _the whole of Scripture; _though it makes little difference as to the meaning. He follows out that commendation which he had glanced at briefly. First, he commends the Scripture...
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...
ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD,.... That is, all holy Scripture; for of that only the apostle is speaking; and he means the whole of it; not only the books of the Old Testament, but of t...
All scripture _is_ given by inspiration of God, and _is_ profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Ver. 16. _All Scripture is given_] Gr. Θεοπνευστος, br...
_All Scripture_ Or the whole Scripture, received by the Jewish Church, θεοπνευστος, _is inspired of God_ Respecting the inspiration of the books of the Old Testament, I find two opinions, says Dr. Ben...
INSPIRATION OF GOD; God directed the men who wrote it what to write, and how to write it, that as a rule of faith and practice for men it might be perfect. FOR DOCTRINE; the communication of instruct...
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...
OLBGrk; ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD: Scripture signifies no more than writing; some therefore translate this text thus: All Scripture which is inspired of God; not all writings, but a...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen For truly holy are those letters that sanctify and deify; and the writings or volumes that consist of those holy letters and syllables, the same apost...
2 Timothy 3:16 All G3956 Scripture G1124 God G2315 and G2532 profitable G5624 for G4314 doctrine G1319 for G4314
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 3:16. ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD. The Greek sentence leaves the verb to be understood, and this leaves the sentence ambiguous. ‘ _All Scripture God-inspired also profitable...
EVERY SCRIPTURE INSPIRED OF GOD IS ALSO PROFITABLE (πασα γραφη θεοπνευστος κα ωφελιμος). There are two matters of doubt in this clause. One is the absence of the article η before γραφη, whether that...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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 3:15 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 3:16 Unity of Plan in the Old Testament. I. The most cursory glance will show us that the Old Testament is divided into four parts the Pentateuch, the historical books, the poetical books,...
2 Timothy 3:16 The Profitableness of Scripture. We have here two great affirmations concerning the Scriptures. First, they are inspired of God; next, they are religiously profitable. I. First, howev...
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...
ALL SCRIPTURE. The whole Sacred Scriptures. This statement will cover both the Old and New Testaments. Remember that some of the _gifts from the_ Spirit made it possible to identify those writings tha...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 3:16 ALL SCRIPTURE, as Paul uses the term here, would include all of the OT and at least some NT writings, which by this time were already considered Scripture (see...
_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. 16. _Every scripture_ [_is_] _given by inspiration of God, and_ [_is_] _profitable for teaching,_ etc.; or, _Every scripture, given by inspiration of God,_ [_is_] _also profitable for teaching,_...
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 12:7; 2 Peter 1:19; 2 Samuel 23:2; 2 Timothy 2:25;...
All Scripture [π α σ α γ ρ α φ η]. Better, every Scripture, that is, every passage of Scripture. Scripture as a whole is as aiJ grafai or aiJ grafai agiai. Iera is never used with grafh. Grafh is the...
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...
All scripture is inspired of God — The Spirit of God not only once inspired those who wrote it, but continually inspires, supernaturally assists, those that read it with earnest prayer. Hence it is so...
Does this passage prove the inspiration of all Scripture or just some? PROBLEM: Paul says in this passage that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.” Some think that the word “all” should be...
Our apostle closes this chapter with an exhortation to Timothy to persevere in his study of the holy scriptues, by an argument drawn, 1. From the dignity and authority of the scriptures; 2. From thei...