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Scripture • World English Bible
2 Timothy 3:10–17
10But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
11persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
World English Bible (WEB) • Public Domain
Reflection
Paul reminds Timothy: follow the pattern you have seen—teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, and love. The life of faith is not a solo invention; it is formed by steady truth and faithful example. Scripture’s role here is central: it is God-breathed and useful to teach, correct, and train us in righteousness so we can be complete and ready for every good work. That does not promise an easy life. Paul honestly warns that those who live godly in Christ Jesus will face opposition. Still, the Word equips us to endure, to recognize deception, and to keep serving without wavering. Hold onto the teaching that shaped you; let Scripture shape your convictions, your responses to hardship, and the way you love others. Be disciplined like an athlete, patient like a farmer, and focused like a soldier—not for self-glory, but so Christ’s faithfulness is seen in you.
Putting Faith Into Action
- Read two chapters from the Bible this week—slowly and aloud—marking any verse that teaches about salvation, endurance, or godly conduct and noting one specific way to apply it.
- Choose one trusted believer and ask them to tell you how they saw God work in your life; listen without defending or explaining, then thank them and record what you learned about your spiritual strengths and struggles.
- Pick one area where temptation or false teaching pressures you; set two clear, practical boundaries this week (time, people, media, or habits) and report back to a trusted brother about your progress.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank you for the teaching that formed me and for the people who passed it on. Strengthen me to remain in what I have learned. Give me discernment where false teaching tempts and courage when suffering comes. Make your Word living and active in my heart so I may be equipped for every good work. Help me practice self-control, love, and steady faith today. In your name, amen.
Memory Verse
2 Timothy 3:16 — Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, (WEB)
“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,”
Bible Context
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Bible Context
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2 Timothy 3
World English Bible • WEB
1But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.
2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,
4traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
6For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
9But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
10But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
11persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
World English Bible (WEB) • Public Domain
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