2 Timothy 3:16 - Exposition

Every Scripture inspired of God is also profitable for all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable , A.V.; teaching for doctrine , A.V.; which is in for in , A.V. Every Scripture, etc. There are two ways of construing this important passage: (A) As in the A.V., in which θεόπνευστος is part of the predicate coupled by καὶ with the following ὠφέλιμος ; (B) as in the R.V., where θεόπνευστος is part of the subject (as πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν , "every good work," 2 Corinthians 9:8 , and elsewhere); and the following καὶ is ascensive, and to be rendered "is also." Commentators are pretty equally divided, though the older ones (as Origen, Jerome (Vulgate), the versions) mostly adopt (B). In favour of (A), however, it may be said