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A General Introduction to the Bible, Revised and Expanded is unavailable, but you can change that!

This is the 1986 revised and expanded edition, with an excellent background for the serious student of the Bible. The work is divided into four major sections. Part One: The inspiration of the Bible. Part Two: Canonization of the Bible. Part Three: Transmission of the Bible. Part Four: Translation of the Bible. In addition there are a number of useful study helps. This book, in a single volume...

f. The use of theopneustos as an attributive would leave open the possibility of some uninspired “graphē,” which is contrary to the meaning of “all scripture” (as discussed above). Fourth, grammatically the word “profitable” (ophelimos) can either mean the Scriptures are inspired because they are profitable (attributive) or the Scriptures are profitable because they are inspired (predicate). The context, however, would confirm the conclusion that the Scriptures are profitable because they are inspired.
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