What Does 2 Timothy 3:15 Mean in the King James?
And 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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Scripture’s wisdom is aimed at deliverance: its destination is a life brought through by trust in Jesus.
THE MEANING
The sacred writings you know are able now to make you wise toward deliverance. That wisdom moves through trust, leaning your full weight, in the anointed one, Jesus.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the assumption that familiarity with scripture is itself deliverance; it shows that scripture’s wisdom leads toward deliverance through trust in Jesus.
THE ROOT
σωτηρίαν
sōtērían
GROWS FROM
σωτηρ-
The σωτηρ- (sōtēr-) family holds the sense of a deliverer and of being brought through to safety.
The verse’s phrase “unto salvation” carries wisdom toward deliverance, a movement toward being brought through. The family holds the rescuer and the rescue together: σωτήρ (sōtḗr, deliverer) and σωτηρία (sōtēría, deliverance) share the same seed.
ALSO GROWS
sōtḗr: Deliverer
σωτήρ
The deliverer and the deliverance named in the verse belong to the same word family.
sōtḗrios: Bringing deliverance; saving
σωτήριος
This branch describes what carries the quality of deliverance.
sōtēría: Deliverance
σωτηρία
This is the noun form of the verse’s word, naming the bringing through toward which wisdom points.
πίστεως
písteōs
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
The πιστ- (pist-) stem carries trustworthiness and the steadiness that makes reliance possible.
“faith” in this verse is písteōs. πίστις (pístis, trust) names reliance, leaning your full weight. The same family uses πιστός (pistós, firm and steady) for what can bear that reliance, joining the verse’s wisdom to trust in Jesus.
ALSO GROWS
pistós: Firm, steady; trustworthy
πιστός
The quality of being steady makes trust a grounded reliance.
pisteúō: Trust; entrust
πιστεύω
The verb gives the root’s trust a living action.
pístis: Trust; reliance
πίστις
This noun is the same trust through which the verse says deliverance comes.
σοφίσαι
sophísai
GROWS FROM
σοφ-
The σοφ- (soph-) family carries wisdom and discernment.
“make wise” in this verse is sophísai. The verb names what the sacred writings can do: render a person wise. That wisdom has a direction in this verse, moving toward deliverance through trust.
ALSO GROWS
sophós: Wise
σοφός
This describes the person shaped by the writings’ work.
sophía: Wisdom
σοφία
This noun names the discernment the verse says the writings can awaken.
sophízō: Make wise
σοφίζω
This verb shares the action expressed by the verse’s “make thee wise.”
THE PATTERN
Scripture’s witness forms wisdom and trust that open toward life and deliverance.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.THE THREAD
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,The same Greek word σωτηρία (sōtēría, deliverance) appears in both verses. In Philippians it is placed amid present pressure, prayer, and the supply of the anointed one, Jesus, so “unto deliverance” opens as a passage through what is happening now.
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