Why do RC's always request a defining verse(s) for Sola Scriptura in the Bible?

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Second Timothy 3:16 maybe?

First, as was pointed out, it only says it is profitable. If I were to say that food is profitable for life, that does not mean one can live without water, air, shelter, etc.

Second, this was in a letter prior to the New Testament canon. To take this into Sola Scriptura would restrict one’s authority to the Old Testament. The preceding verse defines this Scripture thus, “and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings.”

Yet, this verse is the closest we can come to for sola scriptura, and it falls far short. Therefore sola scriptura is impossible. It is just so hard to pass up an air tight logical refutation of a wrong doctrine. The closest one can really come to sola scriptura is belief that the Bible alone is the sole source of truth, with one very glaring exception.
 
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For two reasons
  1. A GREAT many Protestants claim to believe in Sola Scriptura and frequently challenged us Catholics on things NOT specified in the bible; so this is a position then that is “OK” for “them”, so why NOT “OK” for us
  2. The last two verses in John 20 & 21 BOTH specfify that NOT everything is IN the bible
God Bless you
 
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