In my high school theology class we have 60 memory verses. One of them is 2 Timothy 3:15. The day before we had 2 Timothy 3:16 as a memory verse, so we had previously read 2 Timothy 3:16 in context, reading verses 11-17 of the chapter. Therefore for 2 Timothy 3:15 we chose a cross-reference to this verse provided from a Study Bible, John 5:47, and read that verse in context comparing the context of John 5 and 2 Timothy 3. Here are the brief notes of a 15 minute conversation that a student provided to be shared on this blog. Our class would love to have comments and feedback. Thank you!
Student notes:
2 Timothy 3:15 says, “And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
- The main theme of 2 Timothy 3:11-17 is persecution.
- God tells us that Scripture gives us everything we need for salvation and to stand up for ourselves.
- He tells us not to give up, because we will be rewarded for a belief in Jesus Christ.
A parallel passage for 2 Timothy 3:15 is John 5:39 and we read it in context, reading John 5:31-47.
- In this passage, Moses and John the Baptist give testimony about Jesus.
- Moses testified about Jesus in the Old Testament.
- Genesis 3:15, it talks about how Jesus will crush Satan’s head, which He did when He rose from the grave.
The people in John 5 are being called out when Jesus asks them how they will believe in Him, because they cannot even believe the words of Moses. They have studied the Scriptures diligently for salvation, but they won’t receive it since they don’t believe it.
Because Timothy believes, he will receive salvation. However, he will be persecuted by those who do not believe
Salvation comes from faith in Christ, and God’s Word reveals Him to us!
Andy Wrasman 
rewriting this:
2Tim 3:15 correspond to John 5:39. Here Paul is reminding Timothy to look to the past in how became a Christian because he was grounded in the Word of God through the teaching of his mother and grandmother. Paul told him to hold on to the basic teachings about Jesus found in the Holy Scripture which will strength his faith in the midst of facing persecution and false teachings. For Timothy, the Holy Scriptures is the Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi and it points to Jesus Christ. Faith cometh by hearing, hearing the word of God. Rom 10:17. And 2 Tim 3:16, says the Bible is God’s inspired word and it is trustworthy. It is the standard for testing every thing else (agianst false teaching) and it is our only source of knowledge about how we can be saved.
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Jesus wasn’t born on Dec 25th. We have no idea when he was born. We have no idea IF he was born. Christmas as we know it is a pagan holiday based on the wientr solstice interspersed with all kinds of Nordic and Anglo-Saxon mythology. This war on Christmas is one of the most cynical, treacherous and evil bits of political manipulation of the masses since Lenin’s hijacking of Russia.