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that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely to every good work.
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Scripture is All You Need
Commentators emphasize that Scripture is completely sufficient to make a believer 'complete.' It provides all the instruction, guidance, and principles needed for every situation and every good work. As Albert Barnes notes, a believer can never advance so far in holiness or knowledge that they outgrow the Bible; it is a perfect and complete guide for the entire Christian life.
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2 Timothy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That the man of God may be perfect. The object is not merely to convince and to convert him; it is to furnish all the instruction needed f…
The man of God (ο του θεου ανθρωπος). See 1 Timothy 6:11.
May be complete (ινα η αρτιος). Fina…
19th Century
Anglican
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.—The “man of God” here is no official designa…
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“All Scripture is God-breathed.” The adjective used here is theopneustos (GK 2535), which is a combination of two other Greek words: theos (“God”; …
16th Century
Protestant
That the man of God may be perfect. Perfect means here a blameless person, one in whom there is nothing defective; for he asserts…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That the man of God may be perfect By the man of God may be meant everyone that in a special relation belongs to God…
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Those who seek to learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. The age of ch…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle presented his own persecutions as an example for Timothy. Here, to prevent it from seeming that he alone was unde…
