Elegmos denotes a corrective rebuke presented as one of Scripture’s profitable uses.

The attested use places elegmos among the profitable functions of Scripture, describing corrective rebuke within instruction and training in righteousness.

1. Corrective rebuke as a use of Scripture · dominant

   In 2 Timothy 3:16, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in a list of ways Scripture is profitable, alongside teaching, correction, and training in righteousness. The APB renders the clause “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness”; The term’s specific English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond this corrective list context.

   2 Timothy 3:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 3:16, the APB includes “reproof” in its list of Scripture’s profitable uses. That wording cannot be assigned to the lemma with complete certainty.