The Bible: One Whole Truth

An indispensable keystone in the Bible is found in II Timothy 3:16a, where we have the words, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.” The original, literally, has Pasa graphe theopneustos. This is paraphrased, in our King James Version, as we have just stated it: “All Scripture.” –and here you have the great Reformation principle of tota Scriptura, the whole Scripture – “is given by inspiration of God.” Although, because it is paraphrase, this is not strictly, a translation, at least...