2 Tim 3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (17) that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. This means that the Old Testament plus the New Testament (much of which would have been written when [...]
Answers about inspiration
All that Jesus taught was from God (John 14:10), so his command about baptism is from God.
Not necessarily. Christian authors throughout history quote from lots of different sources to help them deliver the message they intend. Every quote an author make isn’t necessarily preceded by the comment that what follows is or isn’t considered part of Scripture. It is taken for granted that the reader also knows what is and what [...]
We’ll deal with both of these questions in turn: How did the NT canon become established? As each new part of the New Testament (NT) scriptures was written it would have become accepted by the Christian community because it was written by people they knew were authoritative.1 In this way the traditional canon of NT [...]
The Bible itself tells us that God is the ultimate author of Scripture: All Scripture is breathed out by God… (2Tim.3:16) God caused people to write it down for him, probably in much the same way that he caused the prophets to speak for him: …no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, [...]
In the second letter that Paul wrote to Timothy he says: All Scripture is breathed out by God… (2Tim.3:16) It is obvious to see that this refers to the Old Testament (OT; 2Tim.3:15-16), which was considered to be God’s word before the New Testament (NT) was written, but does it refer to the NT as [...]
Mark 16:1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one [...]
The person who asked this question cited two scriptural passages: And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. (1 Kings 19:12) For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious [...]
The partition shown in my Bible Readers Handbook page 2 is fairly standard amongst Christians. However, other divisions have been used.
It depends what you mean by “Bible” and what you mean by “true”. There are things quoted in the Bible that are not true. For example, the book of Job contains long speeches by people who did not speak truly about God, but this is not clear until the end of the book. See Job [...]
