2 Timothy 3:16 (YLT)

Passage

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

Nearby Context

2 Timothy 3:14 And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn,

2 Timothy 3:15 and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

2 Timothy 3:16 every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

2 Timothy 3:17 that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "writing", "god-breathed", "profitable", "teaching", "conviction", "setting", "aright", and "instruction". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "writing" and "god-breathed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "and because from a babe the Holy..." into verse 17's "that the man of God may be...", so "writing" and "god-breathed" belong inside that flow. In 2 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "writing" and "god-breathed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.