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16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.

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14-17 But don’t let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers—why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother’s milk! There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

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16 (A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

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All Scripture Is God-Breathed, And Profitable For Equipping Us For Good Works

16 All[a] Scripture is God-breathed[b], and profitable for teaching, for rebuking[c], for correcting[d], for training[e] in righteousness,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 3:16 Or, Every.
  2. 2 Timothy 3:16 That is, God-inspired.
  3. 2 Timothy 3:16 Or, refuting, exposing.
  4. 2 Timothy 3:16 Or, amending, restoring, reforming.
  5. 2 Timothy 3:16 Or, discipline, instruction, education.