2 Timothy 3:15 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁵ and that, from your childhood, you have known the Sacred Writings, which can give you the wisdom that, through belief in Christ Jesus, leads to Salvation.

²⁹ "Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.

¹⁵ For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; he shall not drink any wine or strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth,

⁴⁰ The child grew and became strong and wise, and the blessing of God was upon him.

²⁷ Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all through the Scriptures the passages that referred to himself.

³² "How our hearts glowed," the disciples said to each other, "while he was talking to us on the road, and when he explained the Scriptures to us!"

⁴⁵ Then he enabled them to understand the meaning of the Scriptures, saying to them:

³⁹ You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life; ⁴⁰ And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

⁴³ To him it is that all the Prophets bear witness, when they say that every one who believes in him receives through his Name forgiveness of sins."

²⁹ And, after carrying out everything written about him, they took Jesus down from the cross, and laid him in a tomb.

³⁸ I would, therefore, have you know, brothers, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you, ³⁹ And that, in union with him, every one who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the Law of Moses you could not be absolved.

² And, following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three Sabbaths addressed them, drawing his arguments from the Scriptures.

² This Good News God promised long ago through his Prophets in the sacred Scriptures,

²⁶ And, in obedience to the command of the Immortal God, made known through the writings of the Prophets to all nations, to secure submission to the Faith--

³ For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold), ⁴ That he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold),

⁵ now that I have been reminded of the sincere faith that you have shown. That faith was seen first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and is now, I am convinced, in you also.

¹⁰ It was this Salvation that the Prophets, who spoke long ago of the blessing intended for you, sought, and strove to comprehend; ¹¹ as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that would befall Christ, and the glories that would follow. ¹² And it was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were acting as Ministers of the truths which have now been told to you, by those who, with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven, have brought you the Good News--truths into which even angels long to look.

²⁰ But first be assured of this:--There is no prophetic teaching found in Scripture that can be interpreted by man's unaided reason; ²¹ for no prophetic teaching ever came in the old days at the mere wish of man, but men, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke direct from God.

¹⁶ It is the same in all his letters, when he speaks in them about these subjects. There are some things in them difficult to understand, which untaught and weak people distort, just as they do all other writings, to their own Ruin.

¹¹ And that testimony is that God gave us Immortal Life, and that this Life is in his Son. ¹² He who finds the Son finds Life; he who does not find the Son of God does not find Life.

¹⁰ I prostrated myself at the feet of him who spoke to worship him, but he said to me- - 'Forbear; I am your fellow-servant, and the fellow-servant of your Brothers who bear their testimony to Jesus. Worship God. For to bear testimony to Jesus needs the inspiration of the Prophets.'