Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Timothy 3:15

"And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." — 2 Timothy 3:15 (ASV)

Rather than being led astray by these impostors, Timothy must continue in the teachings that he had learned and of which he had “become convinced.” These Scriptural teachings he had learned from his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice (1:5) right from the time he was a baby. Jewish children were customarily taught the law at an early age, and they had to commit parts of it to memory. “The holy Scriptures” renders “the sacred writings,” i.e., what we now call the OT Scriptures, which were able to make him “wise” in preparation “for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” They disciplined him in obedience to God and also pointed forward to the coming Messiah, through whom salvation by faith would become available.