2 Timothy 3:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

Transliteration

Kai that from brephous the hiera grammata oidas, the ones dynamena you sophisai to sōtērian through pisteōs of the [one] in Christō Iēsou.

Grammar Details

• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *apo*: preposition with genitive - from
• *brephous*: noun, genitive, neuter, singular - infancy/childhood
• *ta*: definite article, accusative, neuter, plural - the ones
• *hiera*: adjective, accusative, neuter, plural - sacred/holy
• *grammata*: noun, accusative, neuter, plural - writings/letters
• *oidas*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person singular - you know
• *dynamena*: present middle participle, accusative, neuter, plural - being able
• *se*: personal pronoun, accusative, singular - you
• *sophisai*: aorist active infinitive - to make wise
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - to/into
• *sōtērian*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - salvation
• *dia*: preposition with genitive - through
• *pisteōs*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - faith
• *tēs*: definite article, genitive, feminine, singular - the
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *Christō*: proper noun, dative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *Iēsou*: proper noun, dative, masculine, singular - Jesus

Word Meanings

• *brephous*: infancy/childhood/from a baby
• *hiera*: sacred/holy
• *grammata*: writings/letters/scriptures
• *oidas*: you know/you have known
• *dynamena*: being able/having power
• *sophisai*: to make wise/to give wisdom
• *sōtērian*: salvation/deliverance/preservation
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
• 2 Pet 1:20-21 : 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
• Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
• Prov 22:6 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Matt 22:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
• Luke 24:27 : 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
• Acts 10:43 : 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
• Acts 13:29 : 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
• Luke 24:45 : 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
• Rom 16:26 : 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
• John 5:39-40 : 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
• 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
• Rom 1:2 : 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• Luke 24:32 : 32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
• Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
• Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
• Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, thou hast taught{H8765)} me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared{H8686)} thy wondrous works{H8737)}.
• 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
• 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
• Acts 17:2 : 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
• 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.