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09 January 2016 – True purpose of Scripture
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Scriptures Referenced2 Timothy 3:15-17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
15 and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that
are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is inspired by God and is[a] useful for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17 so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient,
equipped for every good work.======================================== 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)15 You have known the Holy Scriptures[a] since you were a child.
These Scriptures are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to
salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is given by God. And all Scripture is useful for
teaching and for showing people what is wrong in their lives.
It is useful for correcting faults and teaching the right way to live.
17 Using the Scriptures, those who serve God will be prepared
and will have everything they need to do every good work.==============================
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2 Timothy 3:15-17 Amplified Bible (AMP)15 and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures)
which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and
having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness].
16 All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and
is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction
[of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness
[learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—
behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];
17 so that the [a]man of God may be complete and proficient,
outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work.=============================================== James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”====================================================
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluat
e your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
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Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
==================================================== Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
