2 Timothy 3:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

2 Timothy 3:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 2:21
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
1 Timothy 6:11
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Topics

Bible Formalism God Godliness Holiness Minister, Christian Perfection Sanctification

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-17)

Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked, I. Sets before him his own example, which Timothy had been an eye-witness of, having long attended Paul (2 Tim. 3:10): Thou hast fully known my doctrine. The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ and the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it; the reason why many sit loose to it is because they do not fully know it.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. man of God--(See on 1Ti 6:11). perfect, throughly furnished--Greek, “thoroughly perfected,” and so “perfect.” The man of God is perfectly accoutred out of Scripture for his work, whether he be a minister (compare 2Ti 4:2 with 2Ti 3:16) or a spiritual layman. No oral tradition is needed to be added.