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God Breathed – Part 4
God-Breathed Scripture –Part 4 Paul’s assertion that “All Scripture (graphē) is inspired by God” (2 Tim 3:16) follows his reminder to Timothy that he had known “the sacred writings” from “childhood” (2 Tim 3:15), so it is natural to understand graphē here as a reference to the Old Testament writings. Wesley reminds us that “These only were extant when Timothy was an infant”, and Wayne Grudem points out that graphē “occurs fifty-one times in the New Testament and…
God Breathed Part 2
God-Breathed Scripture Part 2 One of the “well-known difficulties” presented by 2 Timothy 3:16 (Part 1) has to do with the position of the adjective usually translated as “inspired by God” (NASB) or similar. Evidently, it is “grammatically permissible” for this word to be in “the attributive position or the predicate position” (H. Wayne House ‘Biblical Inspiration in 2 Timothy 3:16,’ Bibliotheca Sacra Jan 1980). Thankfully House explains what he means. He tells us…