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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: Infallibility of the Bible questioned. |
Bible Note: Sir, my purpose here is not to criticize or condemn you. What I write here pertains to the Forum in general since its inception in February, 2001. My remarks have to do with the history of the Forum, which, if understood, will hopefully go to explain what madness has characterized the postings in the past and continues to characterize them even now. Yale divinity school grads on this forum? Heaven forbid! In the history of the forum many have trotted out their educational credentials -- the names and the number of schools attended, degrees earned, how many times they've been published, awards they've won, etc. -- in an effort to convince the rest of us "dummies" of the superiority of their great learning. So far, the only ones they've succeeded in convincing are themselves. When I read the Lockman Foundation's reasons for the existence of StudyBibleForum, I did not see one that said: "To split theological hairs" or "To put the Greek text under a microscope and analyze it to death." This forum is intended as neither a showplace for the degreed elite nor a haven for self-appointed Bible experts, mockers, proselytizers, the young and the restless, misanthropes, critics or rabble rousers. The forum was intended to be simply and only a place to ask or answer Bible questions -- not an arena for foolish and ignorant speculation or bitter, divisive, unending debate. It is especially not meant to be a platform where people may speculate upon that on which the Bible is silent. |