How are we supposed to know, learn, and teach others Scripture if we do not know what it says ourselves? The Bible is our handbook for life. The more time we spend in the Word, the more confident we become in what it says and in sharing it with others. There may be times when we are called to rebuke wrong views or correct and train others in righteousness. We do not do this to win an argument, but rather to bring someone closer to Jesus and help them better understand the truth of the Bible. Paul's second letter to Timothy tells us that we are well equipped in the Word for these situations.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” No matter what the conversation involves, whether teaching, rebuking, correcting, or training, the Bible has what we need. We use the Bible for teaching when we want to show others what is true. We use it for reproof when pointing out someone's wrong view that contradicts what the Bible says. We use it for correction when, out of love, we want to help someone get back on the right path or steer them away from a wrong decision. Finally, we use it to train ourselves and others to continue growing in our faith every day.

However, before teaching, reproving, correcting, or training others, we must first know Scripture ourselves and “rightly handle the word of truth” as 2 Timothy 2:15 states. We cannot expect to teach others to grow in Scripture if we aren't growing in it ourselves. We must first allow Scripture to reprove, correct, and train us before we do the same for others. This starts with spending time in the infallible, God-breathed Word of God.

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