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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]; |
Subject: Were human authors aware of inspiration? |
Bible Note: bjh, the argument that you read on another forum is a weak one indeed. The fact that Luke addressed his Gospel (and its sequel, Acts) to Theophilus says nothing either of Luke's divine inspiration or of his awareness of writing under inspiration of the Spirit. Luke wrote two treatises to Theophilus and Paul wrote two letters to Timothy. Does this mean that Luke's communication to Theophilus and Paul's to Timothy are somehow not inspired and not Scripture, or that neither of these men had any idea that what they wrote was inspired by the Holy Spirit? And isn't it ironic that in the second letter to Timothy, Paul told his young Christian brother that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God? Every one of the 66 books in the Bible was written to someone or some group. None of them were written to the wind! How the addressee could detract from the inspiration of Scripture or the awareness of the human author that he was writing under inspiration of God is beyond me. ..... I suppose your experience serves to prove one thing, that you can't trust everything you read on another forum. Nor on this one! --Hank |