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NASB | 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God's will, both publicly and privately--behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; |
Bible Question: Is this to raise the possibility, Lionstrong, that Paul could have not been inerrant in some of his teachings to some of the churches he established? Paul, an Apostle chosen by our Lord to carry His gospel to the nations, could have erred in his teaching? Is this a possibility truly worthy of consideraion? --Hank |
Bible Answer: Greetings, Hank; Yes, Hank, but, it must be quickly added, _just_ the possibility,... because all we know of what Paul taught is what God, infallibly, inspired him to write (and say as recorded in acts) in the Scripture. We have no way of knowing everything he said. We're just thankful that "all Scripture is inspired by God" including Paul's and is for that reason infallible. It is interesting to note that Paul subjected the Gospel he preach to the scrutiny of the other apostles "for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain." Gal. 2:2 I guess another way of saying this is that apostleship does not imply sinlessness. Peter in Galatians is an example. What we affirm is that what God inspired the writers of Scripture to write is infallible, not that the writer himself never made mistakes in all his life. But this possibility, to return to your questions, is only worth consideration in terms of careful thinking. The liberal theologians use Paul's (and all the Bible writer's) humanity to deny the infallibility of Scripture. But like Jeus said about the liberals in his day, "(They) are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. (Matt 22:29) The power of God is almighty. So he can take an educated Pharasee or an uneducated fisherman and so control their thoughts to give us truths without error in writing. So, a writer's humanity cannot be used to deny that God's Word through Paul is infallible. |