2 Timothy 3:16-17 – All Scripture Is Given by Inspiration of God | KJV
Week 4 · Day 28-3 · 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” — 2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV Second Timothy 3:16-17 is the foundational statement of biblical inspiration and sufficiency in all of Scripture — and it comes in the context of the last days, as a light shining in the darkness of the perilous times Paul describes in verses 1-13. The Greek word behind 'given by inspiration of God' is theopneustos — God-breathed. As God breathed the breath of life into Adam (Genesis 2:7) and Adam became a living soul, God breathed His own nature into the words of Scripture and they became the living Word. The breath of God is the identifying characteristic of every word of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation — not some portions, not the doctrinal sections only, not the histori...