2 TIMOTHY 3:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. — Timothy's formation (apo bromphias) in the hiera grammata (sacred scriptures) equipped him for sozonon sophia (salvation-producing wisdom) through Christ-centered pistis (faith). Scripture's pedagogical function aims at redemption.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 3:15
What is this? As the prophet David exhorted, saying, “Be not thou envious against the workers of iniquity” Psalm 37:1, so Paul exhorts, “Continue thou in the things which you have learned,” and not simply learned, but “hast been assured of,” that is, hast believed. And what have I believed? That this is the Life. And if you see things happening contrary to your belief, be not troubled. The same happened to Abraham, yet he was not affected at it. He had heard, “In Isaac shall…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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