2 Timothy 3:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:3

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the sacred poles, and the carved and the cast images.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 71:17

O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

Proverbs 22:6

Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Daniel 10:21

But I am to tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth. There is no one with me who contends against these princes except Michael, your prince.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, “You are wrong because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Luke 1:15

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 2:40

The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

Luke 24:32

They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

John 5:47

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

Acts 10:43

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Acts 13:29

When they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

Acts 16:1

Paul went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.

Acts 17:2

And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,

Acts 26:24

While he was making this defense, Festus exclaimed, “You are out of your mind, Paul! Too much learning is driving you insane!”

Romans 1:2

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 2:27

Then the physically uncircumcised person who keeps the law will judge you who, though having the written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.

Ephesians 6:4

And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:6

You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’

1 Timothy 4:13

Until I arrive, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching.

2 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

2 Timothy 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.

2 Peter 3:16

speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

1 Samuel 2:18

Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod.