The Old Testament: Building Foundations

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17
so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work.


Here’s where the fun begins. What scriptures is he talking about
here? The Gospels? Revelation? We can look at the prior verse to
get an idea.


15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which
are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Jesus.


There’s a case to be made that early books of the NT were already
being considered scripture; however, the only scripture available
at the birth of Timothy is the Old Testament.