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Originally Posted by Forrest
Sister Linda, this was originally posted by pbiwolski:
If "profitable" means helpful or serviceable, i.e. advantageous:--profit(-able).
And "applicable" means capable of or suitable for being applied : appropriate.
Where is the mistake he is referring to some making?
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Don't we need to go by the definitions of those two words and discern how the word "profitable" is used in 2 Timothy 3:16?
Is the word "applicable" synonymous with "profitable" as used in this verse?
I looked up both of those words in the Websters 1828 Dictionary:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary [K-Z]
profitable
PROF'ITABLE, a. Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; as a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
1. Useful; advantageous.
What was so profitable to the empire, became fatal to the emperor.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary [A-J]
applicable
AP'PLICABLE, a. That may be applied; fit to be applied, as related to a thing; that may have relation to something else; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.
IMO, being "profitable" doesn't necessarily mean "applicable". To tell you the truth, I'm
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