ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED, Dr. Samuel Lee
EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK
Passage: 2_Timothy 3:1~17  
Key verse: 3
3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.(A) 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,(B) boastful, proud,(C) abusive,(D) disobedient to their parents,(E) ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous,(F) rash, conceited,(G) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness(H) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(I)
6 They are the kind who worm their way(J) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.(K) 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(L) so also these teachers oppose(M) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(N) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men,(O) their folly will be clear to everyone.
A Final Charge to Timothy
10 You, however, know all about my teaching,(P) my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch,(Q) Iconium(R) and Lystra,(S) the persecutions I endured.(T) Yet the Lord rescued(U) me from all of them.(V) 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,(W) 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse,(X) deceiving and being deceived.(Y) 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,(Z) 15 and how from infancy(AA) you have known the Holy Scriptures,(AB) which are able to make you wise(AC) for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed(AD) and is useful for teaching,(AE) rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,(AF) 17 so that the servant of God[a](AG) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(AH)
Footnotes
- 2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,
Cross references
- 2 Timothy 3:1 : 1Ti 4:1; 2Pe 3:3
- 2 Timothy 3:2 : S 1Ti 3:3
- 2 Timothy 3:2 : Ro 1:30
- 2 Timothy 3:2 : 2Pe 2:10-12
- 2 Timothy 3:2 : Ro 1:30
- 2 Timothy 3:4 : Ps 25:3
- 2 Timothy 3:4 : 1Ti 3:6; 6:4
- 2 Timothy 3:5 : S 1Ti 2:2
- 2 Timothy 3:5 : S Ro 16:17
- 2 Timothy 3:6 : Jude 4
- 2 Timothy 3:7 : S 1Ti 2:4
- 2 Timothy 3:8 : Ex 7:11
- 2 Timothy 3:8 : Ac 13:8
- 2 Timothy 3:8 : 1Ti 6:5
- 2 Timothy 3:9 : Ex 7:12; 8:18; 9:11
- 2 Timothy 3:10 : 1Ti 4:6
- 2 Timothy 3:11 : Ac 13:14, 50
- 2 Timothy 3:11 : S Ac 13:51
- 2 Timothy 3:11 : Ac 14:6
- 2 Timothy 3:11 : 2Co 11:23-27
- 2 Timothy 3:11 : S Ro 15:31
- 2 Timothy 3:11 : Ps 34:19
- 2 Timothy 3:12 : Jn 15:20; S Ac 14:22
- 2 Timothy 3:13 : 2Ti 2:16
- 2 Timothy 3:13 : S Mk 13:5
- 2 Timothy 3:14 : 2Ti 1:13
- 2 Timothy 3:15 : 2Ti 1:5
- 2 Timothy 3:15 : Jn 5:39
- 2 Timothy 3:15 : Dt 4:6; Ps 119:98, 99
- 2 Timothy 3:16 : 2Pe 1:20, 21
- 2 Timothy 3:16 : S Ro 4:23, 24
- 2 Timothy 3:16 : Dt 29:29
- 2 Timothy 3:17 : 1Ti 6:11
- 2 Timothy 3:17 : 2Ti 2:21
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Instead, Timothy was to follow Paul’s example. Timothy had traveled with Paul and observed his teaching and his life. He witnessed Paul’s faith and endurance and experienced his love and patience for himself. He heard all the stories and knew about Paul's suffering and persecution. Such things are to be expected by anyone who seeks to live a godly life in Christ Jesus. Paul also instructed Timothy to depend on the Holy Scriptures, which he had known since he was a little child. These are the words of salvation and life. God’s word is powerful and practical. It is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training, and it was everything Timothy needed to be fully equipped for the good works God had called him to do.
Prayer: Lord, help us to know and apply your word.
One Word: Be equipped by the word of God