Paul says that Timothy knew the Holy Scriptures from childhood. Paul said that he should continue in the things that he had learned and been assured of. Timothy knew that the Scriptures had made him wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. He had an experiential knowledge of how wonderful it was to know Christ and walk with Christ in relation to all the truth of the His word. This is just the opposite from what Paul mentions before this in verse 7, "always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Since all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, Paul wanted to remind Timothy that it was all profitable for doctrine, it was all profitable to correct him and others where they needed it; it was all profitable to instruct him and others in all the local churches that he ministered in, in righteousness so that not only he the pastor-evangelist, the man of God made be complete and equipped for every good work, but also every Christian would be also.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
