2 Timothy 3:16

The Value Of The Scriptures

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; ¹⁷ so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.

All Scripture is Given by Inspiration

Every Good Work

From God

Inspiration of God

Instruction in Righteousness

Man of God

Teach Us

Inspired By God

Training In Righteousness

O God

Sin

Romans 15:4

For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction, so that we may always have hope through the power of endurance and the encouragement which the Scriptures afford.

2 Peter 1:19-21

And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Hebrews 4:12

For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Matthew 13:52

"Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

Matthew 21:42

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?

Matthew 22:31-32

But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God says to you,

Matthew 22:43

"How then," He asked, "does David, taught by the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says,

Matthew 26:54

In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?"

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place in order that the writings of the Prophets may be fulfilled." At this point the disciples all left Him and fled.

Mark 12:24

"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?

Mark 12:36

David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'

John 3:20

For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.

John 10:35

If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled)

Acts 1:16

"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I mean, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Acts 18:25

He had been instructed by word of mouth in the way of the Lord, and, being full of burning zeal, he used to speak and teach accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John's.

Acts 20:20

and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,

Acts 20:27

For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth.

Acts 28:25

Unable to agree among themselves, they at last left him, but not before Paul had spoken a parting word to them, saying, "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your forefathers through the Prophet Isaiah:

Romans 2:20

a schoolmaster for the dull and ignorant, a teacher of the young, because in the Law you possess an outline of real knowledge and an outline of the truth:

Romans 3:2

The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

Romans 4:23

Nor was the fact of its being placed to his credit put on record for his sake only;

1 Corinthians 12:7

But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.

Galatians 3:8

And the Scripture, foreseeing that in consequence of faith God would declare the nations to be free from guilt, sent beforehand the Good News to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."

Ephesians 4:11-16

And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

Ephesians 5:11-13

Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;

2 Timothy 2:25

He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth

2 Timothy 4:2

proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.

Hebrews 3:7

For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "To-day, if you hear His voice,

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.