2 Timothy 3:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:10-17

Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked, I. Sets before him his own example, which Timothy had been an eye-witness of, having long attended Paul (2 Tim. 3:10): Thou hast fully known my doctrine. The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ and the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it; the reason why many sit loose to it is because they do not fully know it. Christ's apostles had no enemies but those who did not know them, or not know them fully; those... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 3:14-17

3:14-17 But as for you, remain loyal to the things which you have learned, and in which your belief has been confirmed, for you know from whom you learned them, and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that will bring you salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus. All God-inspired scripture is useful for teaching, for the conviction of error, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:15

And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures ,.... And therefore must know that the doctrines he had learned were agreeable to them; and so is another reason why he should continue in them. The Jews very early learned their children the holy Scripture. Philo the Jew says F23 De Legat. ad Caium, p. 1022. , εκ πρωτης ηλικιας "from their very infancy"; a phrase pretty much the same with this here used. It is a maxim with the Jews F24 Pirke Abot, c. 5. sect. 21. , that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:15

From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures - The early religious education of Timothy has been already sufficiently noticed; see 2 Timothy 1:5 , and the preface to the first epistle. St. Paul introduces this circumstance again here for the confirmation of Timothy's faith. He had learned the doctrines of Christianity from a genuine apostle; and, as Christianity is founded on the law and the prophets, Timothy was able to compare its doctrines with all that had been typified and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:15

Verse 15 15And that from (thy) childhood This was also no ordinary addition, that he had been accustomed, from his infancy, to the reading of the Scripture; for this long habit may make a man much more strongly fortified against every kind of deception. It was therefore a judicious caution observed in ancient times, that those who were intended for the ministry of the word should be instructed, from their infancy, in the solid doctrine of godliness, that, when they came to the performance of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Holy Scripture the strength of the man of God. There is marvellous force in the application to the Christian bishop and evangelist of the title THE MAN OF God When we remember the course of faithful and untiring labour, and patient unflinching suffering, which was run by those to whom alone this title was given in the Old Testament—Moses and Samuel and Elijah, and other prophets of God—we feel at once that the application of this title to the ministers of Christ under the New... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Grievous times. "But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come." They were in the first days of the Christian era; the times foretold were to be in the last days of that era. There is an intended indefiniteness about the days; nothing is said about their commencement, or about the period over which they are to extend. They are to embrace distinct times, but all characterized by grievousness. From what follows we may infer that the grievousness of the times will consist in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:14-15

An admonition to Timothy to abide in the ways of truth. Amidst all the seductions of the false teachers, the apostle urges Timothy to bold fast the doctrines which he had received in his early training. I. THE DUTY AND NECESSITY OF HOLDING FAST BY THE DIVINE VERITIES . "But do thou continue in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of." 1 . The strength and comfort of an undoubting persuasion . Timothy was not to be moved away from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:15

Babe for child , A.V.; sacred writings for Holy Scriptures , A.V. And that from a babe, etc. Another consideration urged as a reason for standing fast. He was no novice in the Scriptures. His mother and grandmother had been careful to imbue him with that sacred literature which should make him wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, from his very earliest years. Surely he would not throw away such a precious advantage. The sacred writings ( τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα ); ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 3:15

And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures - That is, the Old Testament; for the New Testament was not then written; see the notes at John 5:39. The mother of Timothy was a pious Hebrewess, and regarded it as one of the duties of her religion to train her son in the careful knowledge of the word of God. This was regarded by the Hebrews as an important duty of religion, and there is reason to believe that it was commonly faithfully performed. The Jewish writings abound with... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:10-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 3:14-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Timothy 3:15

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