Home › Bible verses › 2 Timothy 3:16
2 Timothy 3:16
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”
2 Timothy 3:16, King James Version (KJV)
“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,”
World English Bible (WEB)
2 Timothy 3 (KJV)
- 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
- 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
- 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
- 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- 6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
- 7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- 8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
- 9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
- 10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
- 11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
- 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
- 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
- 14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
- 15And 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.
- 16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
- 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Related verses
Passages that readers often connect with 2 Timothy 3:16, in the King James Version.
Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
2 Peter 1:19–21
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: …
Mark 12:24
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Psalm 19:7–11
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. …
Psalm 119:9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
More verses about word
Study 2 Timothy 3:16 in the app
Read it in the NIV, ESV and 13 more Bibles, see every related verse, and ask what it means. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once, at launch.
1769 standardized text (eBible.org eng-kjv). Public domain outside the United Kingdom. Text courtesy of the Crosswire Bible Society and eBible.org. World English Bible Protestant Edition (eBible engwebp, 2026-09-15 snapshot). Public domain. World English Bible is a trademark of eBible.org. Text unmodified; footnotes and formatting omitted. Related verses: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0), from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.