11 translations · Greek
2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:15 in 11 translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and because you have known the Holy Writings from infancy, which are able to make you wise—to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- From your childhood you've known the holy Scriptures which can give you understanding for salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus.
- YLT Young’s 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;
- DBY 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὅτι | hoti | — | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἀπὸ | apo | From | G575 ἀπό away from |
| βρέφους | brephous | infancy | G1025 βρέφος infant |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἱερὰ | hiera | Holy | G2413 ἱερός sacred |
| γράμματα | grammata | Scriptures | G1121 γράμμα something written |
| οἶδας | oidas | you have known | G1492 εἴδω to perceive: understand |
| τὰ | ta | which | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δυνάμενά | dynamena | are able | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| σε | se | — | G4771 σύ you |
| σοφίσαι | sophisai | to make you wise | G4679 σοφίζω to make wise |
| εἰς | eis | for | G1519 εἰς toward |
| σωτηρίαν | sōtērian | salvation | G4991 σωτηρία salvation |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| πίστεως | pisteōs | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Χριστῷ | Christō | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
Related verses
- Psalm 119:98–99
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
- Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- 2 Peter 1:20–21
knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
- Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Luke 24:27
Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- 2 Timothy 1:5
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
- John 5:39–40
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
- Psalm 19:7
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Read all of 2 Timothy 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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