The Greek word “artios”

Found only in 2 Tim. 3:17, the Greek adjective “artios” meant “perfect” or “complete.”  The servant of God is “complete” (made perfect) by and with the Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16).  We need no “extra books,” “religious creeds,” “additional revelations,” or “religious traditions” because we have the Bible.  The Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (1:159) said this term has the “sense of capable of meeting all demands.”