2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
I happen to believe that Paul was divinely inspired. But why would a quote from Paul that "scripture is given by inspiration from God" prove to a skeptic that Paul was inspired?
I happen to believe that Paul was divinely inspired. But why would a quote from Paul that "scripture is given by inspiration from God" prove to a skeptic that Paul was inspired?I, too, accept the inspiration of the Paulime Epistles. May I suggest that the Apostle Peter did as well:
...and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. [NAS95, 2 Pe 3:15-16]
It wouldn't. But then seeing the miracles of Christ didn't prove it to skeptics of His day. The scripture quote was not meant to be proof, but was more of a general statement summing up my belief. I just find it interesting that because Paul wrote some things that people don't like, they contend he wasn't inspired. But they have no problem with the four men who wrote the gospels. It's just bad reasoning used to support bad arguments.