Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Soteria
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References
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Easton
Fausets
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 must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were, 15 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. 16 Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing;
Cross References
2 Timothy 1:5
For I recall the sincere faith which is in your heart--a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully convinced, now dwells in you also.
Matthew 22:29
The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.
Luke 2:40
And the child grew and became strong and full of wisdom, and the favour of God rested upon Him.
Luke 24:27
And, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the passages in Scripture which refer to Himself.
Luke 24:32
"Were not our hearts," they said to one another, "burning within us while He talked to us on the way and explained 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 suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;
Acts 10:43
To Him all the Prophets bear witness, and testify that through His name all who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of their sins."
Acts 13:29
and when they had carried out everything which had been written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.
Acts 13:38-39
"Understand therefore, brethren, that through this Jesus forgiveness of sins is announced to you;
Acts 17:2
Paul--following his usual custom--betook himself to it, and for three successive Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Romans 1:2
which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son,
Romans 16:26
but has now been brought fully to light, and by the command of the God of the Ages has been made known by the writings of the Prophets among all the Gentiles to win them to obedience to the faith--
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
For I repeated to you the all-important fact which also I had been taught, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;
1 Peter 1:10-12
There were Prophets who earnestly inquired about that salvation, and closely searched into it--even those who spoke beforehand of the grace which was to come to you.
2 Peter 1:20-21
But, above all, remember that no prophecy in Scripture will be found to have come from the prophet's own prompting;
2 Peter 3:16
That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them of these things. In those letters there are some statements hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own ruin.
1 John 5:11-12
And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son.
Revelation 19:10
Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he exclaimed, "Oh, do not do that. I am a fellow bondservant of yours and a fellow bondservant of your brethren who have borne testimony to Jesus. Worship God." Testimony to Jesus is the spirit which underlies Prophecy.