As I read it ... there is a verse in the Bible that says .... "All scripture is inspired by God .... and?

Question

beneficial ..... " Now ..... the word inspired to me means ... he influenced the writings and my question is ..... since the scriptures were written by men .... could there be any error in their writings or .... things which were influenced by their humanity and therefore ... could be .... conflicting with what some of the other authors wrote ?

Answer 1

YES!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Well....no theologian worth his salt will ever say HOW that inspiration (Theo-pneustos - "God breathed) took place. Yes - it is true that it took humans to commit the inspired word to paper - - but never forget - - Christianity is an Incarnational Religion. The Word (God the Eternal Son) became flesh (Jesus Christ - fully human and fully God) - so - there is a God-sanctified nature to the Church and the authors of Holy Writ.

Did that make sense?

Besides - - Saint Paul wrote that and was referring to the Old Testament. He had to have been, as the Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, had not canonized the books of the New Testament yet.

Answer 3

Now, that's all God's words. Yes written by human.

God gave Torah, then bible. They are all came with the Prophets for the tribes. The bible & torah were for certain ethnics.

The last prophet was Muhamad and the immaculate AlQuran, not for certain tribes/ethnics, but for all human & races in this world. Yes he wrote, thru the Angel Gabriel.

Unlike the previous Holy books before, God, in the AlQuran has assured that the purity of words/verses are preserved .

In this Quran, 1400 years ago, some science discoveries today have already been written in there.


And God has also described the existence of Himself in the AlQuran, in the verses named AL IKHLAS (Sincerity).

Here is how it sounds like:

Al-Ikhlas (Sincerity)

112.001 Kul Huwallah Hu Ahad
112.002 Allah Hus Samad
112.003 Lam Yalid Walam Yulad
112.004 Wa Lam Yakunlahu Kufuwan Ahad.

Do you want to know what is the translation of the verses?

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/112.qmt.html

If you were God, how would you put in words? See if you can match the beauty of the words/sound & the conciseness?

Take it easy & have a good one!

Answer 4

Why not,
We are imperfect humans.
Inspired or not.
There is not a human recorded in the Bible that was chosen by God, that didn't make mistakes. Except Jesus, of course. He was perfect.
And some made serious errors. And,all that is recorded for us for reasons.
The Bible has the truth that leads to everlasting life.
Hope you can accept that.
If you chose not to, it's your decision.

Answer 5

Which Bible writer was a “general,” as mentioned in the book The Bible—God’s Word or Man’s?

That helpful book about God’s Word says on page 10: “The Bible is also unique because of the claim made by many of its writers. Some 40 individuals, including kings, shepherds, fishermen, civil servants, priests, at least one general, and a physician, had a hand in writing the different parts of the Bible. But time and again, the writers made the same claim: that they were writing not their own thoughts but God’s.”

Some have asked which Bible writers were identified with those various professions or activities. In this regard, please consider the following:

Kings: A number of Bible writers were kings. David and Solomon may come to mind most readily. (Psalm 3, superscription; Proverbs 1:1; Ecclesiastes 1:1) However, the song in Isaiah 38:10-20 was written by Hezekiah. (Verse 9) Many scholars believe that he also composed Psalm 119, perhaps before becoming king. And Hezekiah played a role in compiling Proverbs chapters 25–29. (Proverbs 25:1) The last chapter of Proverbs was prepared by “Lemuel the king.” Some identify him with King Hezekiah, though others think that Lemuel was King Solomon.—Proverbs 31:1.

Shepherds: David and the prophet Amos worked as shepherds. (1 Samuel 16:11-13; 17:15, 28, 34; Amos 1:1) Amos wrote the Bible book bearing his name, and David composed numerous psalms. The famous Psalm 23 certainly reflects David’s familiarity with shepherding.

Fishermen: Of Jesus’ apostles who were fishermen, John and Peter were later inspired to write books of the Bible. (Matthew 4:18-22) Under divine inspiration John penned a Gospel account as well as three letters and the book of Revelation. Peter wrote two inspired letters.

Civil servants: Both Daniel and Nehemiah were civil servants of foreign governments that exercised authority over God’s people. (Nehemiah 1:1, 11; 2:1, 2; Daniel 1:19; 2:49; 6:1-3) Two Bible books bear the names of these men.

Priests: Two of God’s prophets used to pen Bible books were priests. They were Jeremiah and Ezekiel. (Jeremiah 1:1; Ezekiel 1:1-3) Additionally, Ezra was an Aaronic priest who “was a skilled copyist in the law of Moses.” He “prepared his heart to consult the law of Jehovah and to do it and to teach in Israel regulation and justice.”—Ezra 7:1-6, 10, 11.

General: The role Joshua played in leading the army as the Israelites moved into the Promised Land and battled against many enemy peoples qualifies him as a general. (Joshua 1:1-3; 11:5, 6) He was privileged to write the book of Joshua. Then, too, some Bible readers may view David as a man who functioned as a general before he became a king.—1 Samuel 19:8; 23:1-5.

Physician: Finally, Colossians 4:14 mentions “Luke the beloved physician.” Luke wrote the Gospel bearing his name, and evidently Acts of Apostles as well.From the start, handwritten copies (manuscripts) were made of the original texts of all the Holy Scriptures. This was done under God’s direction so that his guidance would be known and followed by man. (Compare Deuteronomy 17:18.) The copyists were extremely meticulous in their work. For example, early Hebrew copyists even counted every letter in the Torah to prevent mistakes from creeping in when manuscripts were being copied. Each time they copied one, they would count the letters in their copy and compare it with that of the original to make sure that both were identical. It is reported that they counted 815,140 individual letters in the Hebrew Scriptures. In the first century C.E., Jesus and his followers quoted from the copies on hand without expressing any doubt at all concerning the accuracy of the text. (Luke 4:16-21; Acts 17:1-3) The precision of those who have copied the Scriptures over the centuries has contributed toward an accurate transmission of the text down to our day.

5 By studying the thousands of manuscripts extant in our time and comparing them with one another, we can see that the original text has been accurately passed down to us. Existing today are some 6,000 manuscripts of either all the Hebrew Scriptures or parts thereof. The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947, have demonstrated that the centuries of copying and recopying have not distorted God’s message.

6 More than 13,000 manuscripts of the Greek Scriptures are said to be available today. A study of them shows that the original text of the Christian Greek Scriptures has also been preserved accurately. For example, the Institute for New Testament Textual Studies in Germany has made about 95 percent of its approximately 5,300 handwritten copies of the Christian Greek Scriptures available for scientific study, either on microfilm or in photographs. A comparison of them shows just how exact the transmission of the Bible text down to our day has been. The interval of time between the original writing of the Christian Greek Scriptures and the writing of the oldest extant papyrus manuscripts is very short, not more than 25 years.

Answer 6

There were many things that were written but not put into the word, the conflicting words that see there has nothing to do with the orginal writtings but the interpertion there of, So meanings were lost and misinteperted.

Answer 7

2 Tim 3:
16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Peter 3
16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Answer 8

The same passage also said that all scripture is God breathed. So no there is no chance that it has errors- because what God breathed is truth- He cannot lie

Answer 9

2 Timothy 3:16-17 not in the original scriptitures but yes in the translations.

Answer 10

Good Point!!! But if God was "Whispering in Ur ear", do U really think U'd have the GUTS to write down just whatever U felt like??? Come now, Ur NOT THAT STUPID I'M SURE!!! John

Answer 11

Yes. I have heard that everything is inspired by G-d somehow.