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All Scripture Is God-Breathed

2 Timothy 3:15

In 9 translations

BSB
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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.
WEB
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
ASV
and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
LSV
and because you have known the Holy Writings from infancy, which are able to make you wise—to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
YLT
and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise — to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus;
DBY
and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
DRC
And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
GNV
And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ (“the”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: ἱερὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἱερὰ; Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τὰ ἱερὰ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
RP2018
καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
TR-Boyd
καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
SCR1894
και οτι απο βρεφους τα ιερα γραμματα οιδας τα δυναμενα σε σοφισαι εις σωτηριαν δια πιστεως της εν χριστω ιησου

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  • Psalms 119:98–99Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
  • Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
  • Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
  • 2 Peter 1:20–21Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the…
  • Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:3–4For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
  • Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
  • 2 Timothy 1:5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
  • John 5:39–40You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
  • Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  • Luke 2:40And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
  • Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
  • Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
  • Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
  • Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith —
  • Luke 24:32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

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