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d. ὠφέλιμος (LN 65.40) (BAGD p. 900): ‘profitable’ [HNTC, Lns; KJV, NASB], ‘useful’ [BAGD, ICC, NTC; NAB, NIV, NJB, NRSV, TEV, TNT], ‘salutary’ [HERM], ‘beneficial’ [BAGD, LN], ‘advantageous’ [BAGD]. It is also translated as a verb phrase: ‘has its use’ [REB]. QUESTION—What is the relation of the adjective θεόπνευστος ‘God-breathed’ to the noun γραφή ‘Scripture’? 1. It is predicative. The verb ‘is’ is implied and the word καί means ‘and’. The word πᾶσα may mean ‘all’ or ‘every’. 1.1 All Scripture
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