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2 Timothy 3:16-17

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,17 that the man of God [1] may be competent, equipped for every good work.

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[1] That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)

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