Concerning the word
Inspiredposted by ollie as reply #29
Does it not define as "God breathed"? Does not God and His Holy Spirit assign some protection to it down through the times? Even though the compilers may have applied it to their lives in an adulterated form of it's truth?
"Inspira'tion From: Easton's Bible Dictionary.
Text: that extraordinary or supernatural divine influence vouchsafed to those who wrote the Holy Scriptures, rendering their writings infallible.
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God" (R.V., "Every scripture inspired of God"), 2 Tim. 3:16. This is true of all the "sacred writings," not in the sense of their being works of genius or of supernatural insight, but as "theopneustic," i.e., "breathed into by God" in such a sense that the writers were supernaturally guided to express exactly what God intended them to express as a revelation of his mind and will.
The testimony of the sacred writers themselves abundantly demonstrates this truth; and if they are infallible as teachers of doctrine, then the doctrine of plenary inspiration must be accepted. There are no errors in the Bible as it came from God none have been proved to exist. Difficulties and phenomena we cannot explain are not errors. All these books of the Old and New Testaments are inspired. We do not say that they contain, but that they are, the Word of God.
The gift of inspiration rendered the writers the organs of God, for the infallible communication of his mind and will, in the very manner and words in which it was originally given. As to the nature of inspiration we have no information. This only we know, it rendered the writers infallible. They were all equally inspired, and are all equally infallible. The inspiration of the sacred writers did not change their characters. They retained all their individual peculiarities as thinkers or writers.
(See BIBLE; WORD OF GOD.)"
Strong's Number: 2315
Transliterated: theopneustos
Phonetic: theh-op'-nyoo-stos
Text: from 2316 and a presumed derivative of 4154; divinely breathed in: --given by inspiration of God.
2 Timothy3:16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Ollie,
Excellent point, note the proof text, you put forth;
2 Tim 3
16 All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works
Now. focus on the word
scripture; translated from one of two words of the greek as; the word used in this text is the word
graphe;
Strongs #1124
graphe,
gra-ay'; a document, i.e. Holy Writ (or its contents or a statement):- scripture.
The other greek word translated
scripture pertains to a mere writings of man, i.e. a
letter, note, epistle, book, etc.: plur.
learning:
Strongs #1121
gramma,
gram'mah; bill, learning, scripture (script), writing, written.
The apocrypha falls under the second word
gramma translated scripture as in wrtings by men used to teach, and edify in living, and practice, comment, or explain, but are not considered Holy Writ.
Quite a difference..
The apostle Paul quoted the poets while discoursing at Mar's hill in Athens, but just because he quotes them, he doesn't equate their words to Holy Writ scripture. (Acts 17:28)
No one has been arguing that the apocrypha is not able to impart some wisdom and truths to the readers of it, but, is is a far cry from the wisdom revealed in the
Inspired Word of the Living God.Blessings,
Petro
