Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
New American Standard Bible
and that
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures,
International Standard Version
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus.
A Conservative Version
And that from a babe thou have known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness].
An Understandable Version
And [remember] that, from childhood, you have known the sacred Scriptures which are able to make you wise [enough] to be saved through faith in Christ Jesus.
Anderson New Testament
and that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise in order to salvation, through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Bible in Basic English
And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Common New Testament
and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
and that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Goodspeed New Testament
and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation.
John Wesley New Testament
And that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Julia Smith Translation
And that from infancy thou hast known the holy letters, able to render thee wise to salvation by faith which in Christ Jesus.
King James 2000
And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Modern King James verseion
and that from a babe you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And forasmuch also as thou hast known holy scripture of a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
Moffatt New Testament
remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.
Montgomery New Testament
and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
NET Bible
and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
New Heart English Bible
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
Noyes New Testament
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.
Sawyer New Testament
and that from a child you have known the sacred Scriptures, which can make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
The Emphasized Bible
And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and that from a child thou hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ.
Twentieth Century New Testament
and that, from your childhood, you have known the Sacred Writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to Salvation.
Webster
And that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Weymouth New Testament
and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise to obtain salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Williams New Testament
and that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures which can give you wisdom that leads to salvation through the faith that leans on Christ Jesus.
World English Bible
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
Worrell New Testament
and that, from a babe, you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Worsley New Testament
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus: for all scripture is by inspiration from God,
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
Themes
Children » Indulgence of » Instructed, examples of
Children » Good Children » Good Parents » Timothy
Children » Instances of » Timothy
Children » Good » Know the scriptures
Good Children » Know the scriptures
Faith » The scriptures designed to produce
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Examples of
Salvation » Conditions of » Faith and confession
Salvation » The scriptures are able to make wise unto
Scripture » The scriptures making you wise
The scriptures » Should be » Taught to children
The scriptures » Are called the » Holy scriptures
The scriptures » Should be » Known
The scriptures » Are able to make wise unto salvation through faith in Christ jesus
Sinners » Conditions of » Faith and confession
The word of God » Called » Holy scriptures
Timothy » Reputation and Christian faith of
Timothy » Facts concerning » Trained early in the scriptures
Wisdom » What is able to make you wise
Wisdom » True wisdom, general references to » The scriptures the source of
Interlinear
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 3:15
Prayers for 2 Timothy 3:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Value Of The Scriptures
14 But you continue in [the things] which you have learned and are convinced [of], [because you] know from whom you learned [them], 15 and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture [is] inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,
Cross References
2 Timothy 1:5
{remembering the} sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that [is] in you also,
1 Samuel 2:18
Now Samuel [was] serving before Yahweh, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year of his reign, while he [was] still a boy, he began to seek the God of David his ancestor. And in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherahs, the idols, and the images.
Psalm 19:7
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
Psalm 71:17
O God, you have taught me from my youth, and up to now I have proclaimed your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 119:98-99
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.
Proverbs 8:17
I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
Proverbs 22:6
Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"
Daniel 10:21
However, I will tell you {what is inscribed} in [the] book of truth, and there is not one [who] contends with me against these [beings] {except} Michael, your prince."
Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered [and] said to them, "You are mistaken, [because] you do not know the scriptures or the power of God!
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.
Luke 2:40
And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
Luke 24:27
And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.
Luke 24:32
And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"
Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
John 5:39-40
You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.
Acts 10:43
To this one all the prophets testify, [that] through his name everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins."
Acts 13:29
And when they had carried out all the things that were written about him, they took [him] down from the tree [and] placed [him] in a tomb.
Acts 13:38-39
"Therefore let it be known to you, men [and] brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and from all [the things] from which you were not able to be justified by the law of Moses,
Acts 17:2
{And as was his custom}, Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath [days] he discussed with them from the scriptures,
Romans 1:2
which he promised previously through his prophets in the holy scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
For I passed on to you {as of first importance} what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
1 Peter 1:10-12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and made careful inquiry,
2 Peter 1:20-21
recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,
2 Peter 3:16
as [he does] also in all his letters, speaking in them about these [things], in which there are some [things] hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as [they] also [do] the rest of the scriptures.
1 John 5:11-12
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Revelation 19:10
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."