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!!" # $ $% $ All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; (2 Timothy 3:16) The word inspiration in 2 Timothy 3:16 is in the original Greek (theopneustos), which literally means God-breathed. For scripture to be breathed by God suggests that it originated from God s mouth or that it is the Word of God. Indeed, the term word of God is used synonymously with the Scriptures throughout the Bible ( John 10:35). The Mechanics of Inspiration There are numerous theories of how inspiration took place, including the following1: Natural inspiration - Human authors were inspired to write by God in the same way that a poet might be inspired to write poetry by natural events or conditions. Spiritual illumination Human authors themselves are inspired by God in the same way God inspires any Christian today through the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

Bible Study Methods Spring 2005 Page 3 involved personally with us and is not merely impersonally dropping commandments on us from on high.2 This is what also makes bible study necessary.

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