2 Timothy 3:16

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

All Scripture is inspired by God [Note: Literally, this word means “breathed out by God”] and is useful for teaching [truth], rebuking [wrongdoing], correcting [error] and for providing instruction [i.e., training] on how to live right,

Cross References

Romans 15:4

For whatever things were written previously [i.e., in the Old Testament], were intended for us to learn from, so that we could have hope [i.e., in the face of difficult times] through remaining steadfast, and through the encouragement [received] from reading the Scriptures.

Hebrews 4:12

For God’s word is alive and active and sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates [deep enough] even to divide [a person’s] soul [from his] spirit, and his joints [from his] bone marrow [Note: This is figurative language describing the penetrating effect of God’s word into a person’s spiritual, inner being] and is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of a person’s heart.

Mark 12:24

Jesus said to them, “Is not this the reason that you are [so] mistaken, that you do not know [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has?

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the [Gospel] message; be prepared [to do it both] when it is convenient and when it is inconvenient; reprove [i.e., convince people of their wrongdoing], rebuke [i.e., convict people of their sin], and exhort [i.e., urge people to act], with great patience and teaching.

2 Timothy 2:25

[He must] gently correct those people who oppose [him], in hope that God will give them [opportunity for] repentance, leading to a [full] knowledge of the truth,

Acts 20:20

[You know] how I held back nothing in declaring to you whatever was profitable, and taught you in public [meetings] and in your homes.

John 3:20

For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].

Matthew 13:52

Then He said to them, “Therefore every expert in the Law of Moses who has been made a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is similar to a [wealthy] homeowner who brought [both] new and old things out of his supply of goods.”

Acts 18:25

He was a man who had learned the way of the Lord, and with spiritual fervor, taught accurately [what he knew] about Jesus, although he knew [and had received] only the immersion [taught and practiced] by John.

Romans 2:20

if you are instructors of the ignorant, and teachers of babies [i.e., immature people] and possess in the Law of Moses the [correct] form of knowledge and truth ---

Galatians 3:8

And, predicting that God would consider the Gentiles right with Him by [their] faith, the Scriptures previously recorded [this promise of] the Gospel to Abraham by saying [Gen. 12:3], “All nations will receive a blessing through your descendant [i.e., Jesus].”

Hebrews 3:7

So, even as the Holy Spirit said [Psa. 95:7-11], “Today, if you hear His [i.e., God’s] voice,

1 Corinthians 12:7

But the evidence of the Holy Spirit’s [power] is given to each person for the good of everyone.

Acts 20:27

For I held nothing back in declaring to you the entire message of God.

John 10:35

If God called those people, to whom His message came, “gods” (and Scripture cannot be set aside),

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all of His disciples left Him and ran away.

Acts 1:16

[He said], “Brothers, it was necessary that the Scriptures be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke through King David about Judas, who guided the soldiers who came to arrest Jesus.

Matthew 21:42

Jesus [then] said to the leading priests and elders of the Jewish people, “Did you not ever read in the Scriptures [Psa. 118:22-23], ‘The building block rejected by the builders is the same one that was made the principal stone by which the entire building was aligned. This was planned by the Lord and is a marvelous thing to us’?

Romans 4:23

Now the words “considered righteous [by God]” were not written for his sake only,

Hebrews 11:1

Now, [having] faith is being sure of [receiving] what is hoped for, and certain [of the existence] of what is not visible.

Romans 3:2

Much in every way! First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the messages of God [i.e., their prophets received divine revelations].

Acts 28:25

And when they could not agree among themselves they left, after hearing Paul make this one [important] statement: “The Holy Spirit has spoken truthfully to your forefathers through Isaiah the prophet,

Mark 12:36

[It was] David himself [who] said by [inspiration of] the Holy Spirit [Psa. 110:1], ‘The Lord [i.e., God] said to my [i.e., David’s] Lord [i.e., Jesus], sit at my right side until I make your enemies the footrest [i.e., in subjection] under your feet.’

Matthew 26:54

How [else] then should the Scriptures be fulfilled that this must happen [than what is taking place]?”

Matthew 22:43

He said to them, “How is it [then] that David, by [inspiration of] the Holy Spirit, calls Him Lord? saying,