Pneuma: 'God hath not given us the spirit of fear' (2 Tim. 1:7).

This word has at least fourteen distinguishable usages in the New

Testament, as for example, 'God is spirit', 'The Holy Spirit', 'The gifts'.

It is however outside our subject to pursue these subdivisions here.

Pneumatikos: 'Now concerning spiritual (gifts)' (1 Cor. 12:1).

Pneumatikos: 'Spiritually discerned' (1 Cor. 2:14).

Ekpneo: 'He gave up the ghost' (Luke 23:46).

Empneo: 'Saul, yet breathing out threatenings' (Acts 9:1).

Kapnos: 'Vapour of smoke' (Acts 2:19).

Hupopneo: 'And when the south wind blew softly' (Acts 27:13),

The word has entered into our language in such words as pneometer,

pneumatic and pneumonia, in each case the primitive idea of 'breathing' has

been retained.  The words 'inspiration' and 'inspire' are used with this

primitive idea of breathing, as well as in the doctrinal sense.  'Inspire' is

used as the opposite of 'expire', and we speak of the 'inspiratory' organs,

which draw in air during respiration.  The apostle asserts that 'The sacred

letters', 'All Scripture', are 'breathed by God'.  In this passage it is not

the writers that are in view.  Holy men of God were indeed moved by the

Spirit of God (2 Pet. 1:21), but Paul, in 2 Timothy 3:16, is speaking of the

'writings' themselves.  What has been written, pasa graphe, 'All Scripture',

is nothing less nor more than what 'God breathed'.  They are inspired words.

It follows that such Scripture (i.e. the original documents) must be

inerrant, infallible, authoritative, perfect.

We have examined the word translated 'throughly furnished', and

considered some of the ways in which the apostle himself exemplified, both in

manner and method, the completeness of the equipment provided.  By comparing

Scripture with Scripture, we now discover that the full preparation of the

believer for Christian service falls under three heads, or in other words, it

is a threefold preparation that is required.

The preparation provided by the Holy Scriptures, which 'throughly

furnish' unto 'all good works' (2 Tim. 3:17).

The preparation that involves separation, purging, 'sanctified'

and 'prepared unto every good work' (2 Tim. 2:19 -21).

The preparation supplied by abounding grace, providing

'sufficiency', so that the worker may 'abound to every good work'

(2 Cor. 9:8).

We have already noted the preparation provided by the Scriptures and

now pass on to 2 Timothy 2 to discover

the preparation indicated there.  While the context is not devoid of

reference to the Scriptures, they are not so specifically referred to as in 2

Timothy 3:15 -17.  We read of the Word of Truth, but it is its 'right

division' that is stressed (2 Tim. 2:15).  In verse 18 we read of 'the truth'

and of the resurrection, but it is in connection with a warning concerning

error, not a positive declaration of doctrine.  We certainly read that the

foundation of God standeth sure and that the Lord knoweth them that are His,

but the point of the verse that contains this doctrine is the urging of all

who name the name of Christ 'to depart from iniquity'.  We read of a great

house and its many vessels, some for honourable use, and the rendering of

personal service to the Master, and of others that have no such honour, but,

once again, the message speaks of 'purging', 'sanctifying', 'being meet for