Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 2 Timothy 3:15

“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.”

2 Timothy 3:15 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 2 Timothy 3:15, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 2 Timothy 3. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

15 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.

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 119:98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
  • Luke 24:45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
  • Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
  • 2 Peter 1:20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
  • Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
  • 2 Timothy 1:5When 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.
  • John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  • Luke 2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
  • Psalms 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
  • Psalms 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
  • Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Romans 1:2(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

More to meet God in 2 Timothy

2 Timothy 1:72 Timothy 4:72 Timothy 3:162 Timothy 2:192 Timothy 1:102 Timothy 1:122 Timothy 1:82 Timothy 3:22 Timothy 3:112 Timothy 2:72 Timothy 1:92 Timothy 4:82 Timothy 4:22 Timothy 4:1

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.