2 Timothy 3:14

Amplified Bible

But as for you, continue in the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced [holding tightly to the truths], knowing from whom you learned them,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

King James Version (1611)
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned, and hast been assured of, knowing of whome thou hast learned them.

King James Version
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

English Standard Version
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

New American Standard Bible
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,

New Century Version
But you should continue following the teachings you learned. You know they are true, because you trust those who taught you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,

Legacy Standard Bible
But you, continue in the things you learned and became convinced of, knowing from whom you learned them,

Berean Standard Bible
But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

Contemporary English Version
Keep on being faithful to what you were taught and to what you believed. After all, you know who taught you these things.

Complete Jewish Bible
But you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, recalling the people from whom you learned it;

Darby Translation
But *thou*, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and [of which] thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];

Easy-to-Read Version
But you should continue following the teaching you learned. You know it is true, because you know you can trust those who taught you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But continue thou in the thinges which thou hast learned, and which are committed vnto thee, knowing of who thou hast learned them:

George Lamsa Translation
But hold fast to the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them;

Good News Translation
But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were,

Lexham English Bible
But you continue in the things which you have learned and are convinced of, because you know from whom you learned them,

Literal Translation
But you keep on in what you learned and were assured of, knowing from whom you learned,

American Standard Version
But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

Bible in Basic English
But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

Hebrew Names Version
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

International Standard Version
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and found to be true, because you know from whom you learned it.2 Timothy 1:13; 2:2;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But abide thou in those things that thou hast learned, and in which thou art confirmed; for thou knowest from whom thou hast learned:

Murdock Translation
But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and been assured of; for thou knowest from whom thou learnedst;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned, which also were committed vnto thee, knowyng of whom thou hast learned [them]:

English Revised Version
But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

World English Bible
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned, and been fully assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them,

Weymouth's New Testament
But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud;

Update Bible Version
But you abide in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them.

Webster's Bible Translation
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned [them];

New English Translation
You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

New King James Version
But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,

New Living Translation
But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you.

New Life Bible
But as for you, hold on to what you have learned and know to be true. Remember where you learned them.

New Revised Standard
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, thou, - abide in the things which thou hast learned, and been entrusted with, knowing, from whom, thou hast learned them , -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But continue thou in those things which thou hast learned and which have been committed to thee. Knowing of whom thou hast learned them:

Revised Standard Version
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But continue thou in the thynges which thou hast learned which also were committed vnto the seynge thou knowest of whom thou hast learned them

Young's Literal Translation
And thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But contynue thou in the thinges that thou hast lerned, which also were comytted vnto the, seynge thou knowest of who thou hast learned them,

Mace New Testament (1729)
But be you attach'd to the doctrine you have learnt, with which you are intrusted, considering by whom you have been instructed:

THE MESSAGE
But don't let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers—why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother's milk! There's nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But you must remain faithful to the brand. You know the truth and you know you can trust what we say.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Now you have diligently followed [my example, that is] my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, ¹¹persecutions, and sufferings—such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, but the Lord rescued me from them all! ¹²Indeed, all who delight in pursuing righteousness and are determined to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be hunted and persecuted [because of their faith]. ¹³But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴But as for you, continue in the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced [holding tightly to the truths], knowing from whom you learned them,¹⁵and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness]. ¹⁶All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God's will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; ¹⁷so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

continue: 2 Timothy 1:13, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 4:16

assured: Acts 17:31, Romans 14:5, *marg. Colossians 2:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 10:22

knowing: 2 Timothy 3:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Reciprocal: John 5:39 - Search John 8:31 - If Acts 2:42 - they 1 Timothy 4:6 - nourished 1 Timothy 6:20 - keep

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the LORD God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, "Can it really be that God has said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel."

Genesis 3:20
The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 9:6
"Whoever sheds man's blood [unlawfully], By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

Leviticus 20:25
'You are therefore to make a distinction between the [ceremonially] clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that crawls on the ground, which I have set apart from you as unclean.

Psalms 72:9
The nomads of the desert will bow before him, And his enemies will lick the dust.

Isaiah 29:4
Then you [Jerusalem] will be brought low, You will speak from the earth, And from the dust where you lie face down Your muffled words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the earth [like one produced by a medium], And your speech will whisper and squeak from the dust.

Isaiah 65:25
"The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox [there will no longer be predator and prey]; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain (Zion)," says the LORD.

Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; Like crawling things of the earth They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places. They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the LORD our God And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O LORD].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But continue thou in the things,.... That is, in the doctrines of the Gospel, and not be moved away from them, either through the malice or persecutions, or the cunning sleight of men that lie in wait to deceive; and which is an exhortation suitable to the godly in all ages: and what follow are so many reasons enforcing it:

which thou hast learned: not merely in a theoretical way, as arts and sciences are learned, but in a spiritual and experimental manner; a comfortable knowledge and experience of which he had attained unto; and were not like those in 2 Timothy 3:7, who had been ever learning, and yet could not come to the knowledge of the truth: and since therefore he had learned the truths of the Gospel, and had attained to a good understanding of them, it was his duty, as it is the duty of all such, to abide by them:

and hast been assured of: the doctrines of the Gospel are certain things; they are truths without controversy; there is a full assurance of understanding of them, which men may arrive unto, and which ministers should, since they are to affirm them with certainty. Scepticism is very unbecoming one that calls himself a minister of the Gospel; and when a man is assured of the truth and reality of Gospel doctrines, it would be shameful in him to drop them, or depart from them:

knowing of whom thou hast learned them. The apostle means himself, though he modestly forbears the mention of himself: and it is another argument why Timothy should continue steadfastly in the doctrines of the Gospel, seeing he had learned them of so great an apostle of Christ; whose mission, as such, was abundantly confirmed by miracles and success, and who had received these doctrines by immediate revelation from Christ; so that it was all one as if Timothy had learned them from Christ himself. The Alexandrian copy reads the word "whom", in the plural number, as if the apostle referred to more teachers of Timothy than himself; however, he doubtless was the principal one.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of - To wit, the truths of religion. Timothy had been taught those truths when a child, and he had been confirmed in them by the instructions of Paul. Amidst the errors and seductions of false teachers, Paul now exhorts him to hold fast those doctrines, whoever might oppose them, or whatever might be the consequence; compare the notes at 2 Timothy 1:13.

Knowing of whom thou hast learned them - To wit, of his mother 2 Timothy 1:5, and of Paul; 2 Timothy 1:13. The reference seems to be particularly to the fact that he had learned these truths first from the lips of a mother (see 2 Timothy 3:15); and the doctrine taught here is, “that the fact that we have received the views of truth from a parent’s lips, is a strong motive for adhering to them.” It is not to be supposed, indeed, that this is the highest motive, or that we are always to adhere to the doctrines which have been taught us, if, on maturer examination, we are convinced they are erroneous; but that this is a strong reason for adhering to what we have been taught in early life. It is so, because:

(1)A parent has no motive for deceiving a child, and it cannot be supposed that he would teach him what he knew to be false;

(2)A parent usually has had much more experience, and much better opportunities of examining what is true, than his child has;

(3)There is a degree of respect which nature teaches us to be due to the sentiments of a parent.

A child should depart very slowly from the opinions held by a father or mother; and, when it is done, it should be only as the result of prolonged examination and prayer. These considerations should have the greater weight, if a parent has been eminent for piety, and especially if that parent has been removed to heaven. A child, standing by the grave of a pious father or mother, should reflect and pray much, before he deliberately adopts opinions which he knows that father or mother would regard as wrong.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. But continue thou — No man, however well instructed in the things of God, or grounded in Divine grace, is out of the reach of temptation, apostasy, and final ruin; hence the necessity of watching unto prayer, depending upon God, continuing in the faith, and persevering unto the end.