What the Bible says about the What the Bible says about the: ‘Inspiration and Authority of the Bible’
- Authority
- Psalm 119:140 Thy word is very pure
- Isaiah 40:8 the word of our God shall stand forever
- John 10:35 scripture cannot be broken
- Matt 24:35 my words shall not pass away
- Inspiration
- II Tim 3:14-16 ‘holy’ scriptures…All scripture is given by inspiration of God
- John 17:17 thy truth, thy word is truth
- II Peter 1: 20,21 no scripture is of private interpretation (is not isolated from what the Scripture states elsewhere)
- prophecy came by holy men of God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
- NOTE: Infallibility holds for original manuscripts. Scholars would not suggest that translations are infallible.
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