What Is The Bible: 2 Peter 1:16-21

Please take out your copy of God's Word and join me in 2 Peter chapter 1.

2 Peter 1 · chapter mention

I believe that we can get the answers with all of their complexities and all of their applications worked out in our minds to these three questions.

We will have a firm foundation on which to build a life that is pleasing to God.

I settled in on these three questions after being asked a question many years ago.

A man that was a missionary, many of you know, Jay Whetstone, asked me over tea at his house one afternoon,

what do you hope to accomplish with college students in their three to four years in Dahlonega?

And I didn't really have an answer.

I could have begun to talk through some things.

I mean, there was stuff on my mind, oh, well, we want students to do the following.

But what he was asking was, what's your plan?

Is there a system in place for young people when they come and give you some of their time while they're at school in Dahlonega?

So I didn't have a confident answer, but I knew that I should.

There should be some things, some anchors that I would say, yes, we want to make sure that college students know certain things.

And so in rolling that around and considering most important things, I kind of settled in on these three questions,

which we answer all the time around here.

This is not the first time we've taken up these questions.

But I thought it would be helpful for us to do so systematically over the next three weeks.

And those questions are, what is the Bible?

What is the Bible?

What is the Bible?

And what is the church?

And there's so much confusion about the answer to these three questions.

You may think already, oh, I know the answer to those three questions.

You may find that you don't.

I knew that if we could get answers to these three questions concreted in the minds of college students or anyone for that matter,

we would be doing quite well together as a church.

And so we've been about that.

We weave the answers to these questions in and out of all sorts of things that we do.

But specifically, I want to stop and think about these things before we get back to our normal verse-by-verse exposition of a book of the Bible.

So the question that I want to ask and answer, at least in part, right, with the best of my ability, my frailty this morning,

what is the Bible?

And I want to look largely at 2 Peter 1, verses 16 through 21.

2 Peter 1:16–21

And we'll look at some other texts as well this morning.

So before I read this, beloved, I want to remind you that this is God's Word to us.

It was written for His glory and our good.

And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

Peter writes, verse 16,

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

For when He received honor and glory from God the Father,

and the voice was born to Him by the majestic glory,

this is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

We ourselves heard this very voice born from heaven,

for we were with Him on the holy mountain.

And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed,

to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place

until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Knowing this, first of all,

that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation,

for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man,

but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

What an astounding text.

Let's look at its context a bit before we proceed.

Following Peter's greeting,

Peter tells his readers in chapter 1, verses 3 and 4,

that God's divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness

through the knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and excellence,

by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises,

so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,

having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desires.

So Peter says to his hearers, those who are in the faith,

we have been granted power for life and godliness through, what?

Through knowledge.

We have been granted precious and very great promises.

His promises made already, given to us,

wherever those promises once made in the Scripture.

We have been granted to become partakers of the divine nature,

and we have escaped from our sin.

By the Scripture, this knowledge that comes to us,

given to us for all things concerning life,

pertaining to life and to godliness.

And he goes on then to instruct his readers

to make their calling and election sure

by pursuing holiness

and seeing that holiness,

the holiness that's being birthed in them as they pursue it,

as evidence of their standing in Jesus Christ.

to make sure they're in the faith,

to be confident of it by pursuing Holy Scripture.

He says in verse 10 and 11,

Therefore, brothers,

be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election,

for if you practice these qualities,

you will never fall.

For in this way there will be richly provided for you

an entrance into the eternal kingdom

of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

And so it's in this context that Peter says

in the beginning of verse 16,

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths

when we made known to you the power and coming

of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And he goes on to say,

but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

It's a good try, Cheyenne.

It was good.

I thought you had her settled too.

Verse 17,

For when He, being Jesus Christ,

received honor and glory from God the Father,

and the voice was born to Him by the majestic glory,

This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.

We ourselves heard this very voice born from heaven,

for we were with Him on the holy mountain.

And what is Peter referring to?

The transfiguration of Jesus Christ.

When they went up with Him,

James and Peter and John on the mountain,

and Jesus' image was changed,

made more glorious,

they got to see this happen.

And God spoke over Him,

This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.

What an astounding thing to be able to witness.

What an incredible thing that these three men,

the only three in history,

were able to see.

And you can read about that in Mark 9,

2-7,

Matthew 17,

Luke 9,

they're all accounts of what happened.

It's amazing.

It's an incredible thing

that they were witnesses of.

But then Peter does,

in verse 19,

the most astounding thing.

He says,

And we have the prophetic word

more fully confirmed.

We use, typically,

I think almost all of us are using

the ESV translation of the Bible.

If you have the ESV 2001,

which I do,

and my brain went,

what,

as I copied and pasted out of Lagos,

this text,

ESV 2001 says,

And we have something more sure,

the prophetic word.

We have something more sure,

or we have the prophetic word

more fully confirmed.

Peter is saying,

We have a greater confidence

confidence in the Scripture.

We were with Jesus

on the Mount of Transfiguration.

We heard God speak from heaven,

but we have a greater confidence

in the Bible.

It's incredible.

What an astounding thing

that he is saying.

And it has much bearing for us today.

Oh, wouldn't it have been glorious

to be on the Mount of Transfiguration?

It wouldn't have been grand

to behold such a thing.

Peter says,

We have a more sure thing.

We have a greater confidence

in this text.

My prayer for us this morning

is that we would have

the same kind of confidence

that Peter had in his Bible.

So here's the summary answer

to the question,

What is the Bible

for our consideration this morning?

The Bible is God's

inspired,

inerrant,

authoritative,

clear,

necessary,

and sufficient word

to mankind.

I'm going to break that

into six statements

to make it easier to digest.

And I've included those

on the back of your bulletin

to aid you this morning.

Before I say anything else,

I just want to point out

that I misspelled

the word inerrant,

which I realized too late.

It is spelled

I-N-E-R-R-A-N-T.

And maybe God,

in his providence,

permitted such a thing

so that I can make the point

that he's inerrant

and I am not.

Such creative ways

to keep me very humble.

So, anyway,

now you know how to spell

inerrant properly

and not the way I spelled it.

First,

the Bible is God's

inspired word

to mankind.

The Bible is unlike

any book

ever written.

At the most fundamental level,

it is both

authored by human beings

and by God.

The word Christians

have commonly used

to describe this process

is this word

inspired.

This means that the Bible

is the product

of God inspiring

and using

human authors

to write

his perfect

holy words

without error

or defect.

speaking through

men's

personalities,

through their

circumstance,

and through their

pens.

Two passages

that explicitly tell us

the Bible is God's

inspired word.

First,

2 Timothy,

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3,

and verse 16.

Which is,

all scripture is

breathed out

by God.

You may be

familiar with

this.

The Greek word

used there for

breathed out

is actually the word

expired.

Much the way we say

that a person dies

when they expire,

they breathe their

last breath.

The emphasis here

is that it comes

literally from God.

It is God

breathed.

And where we pull

the word inspired

is breathed

into.

God breathed out

but into

men who

pin down

his

very

words.

The second text

text is from

our text this

morning.

2 Peter,

2 Peter 1:20

chapter 1,

verse 20 and

21.

Peter says,

knowing this,

first of all,

that no prophecy

of scripture

comes from

someone's own

interpretation,

for no prophecy

was ever produced

by the will of

men,

but men spoke

from God

as they were

carried along

by the Holy Spirit,

as they were

inspired to write.

the Bible

originated

not with the

will of its

human writers,

but with the

will of God

the Holy Spirit.

Over 3,000

times,

biblical writers

claim to have

received their

messages from

God.

God the Holy

Spirit

inspired,

breathed out,

or originated

the scriptures

through human

writers.

So to be

clear,

this does not

mean that God

dictated the

Bible to its

human authors,

right?

That he spoke

in all cases

audibly,

and they just

pinned down

exactly what he

said.

In some cases,

this is the way

we receive the

text.

But rather,

they wrote

with their own

creativity,

and in their

own styles,

and their own

vocabulary,

accomplishing all

along exactly

what God wanted

them to accomplish.

The word

carried along

in 2 Peter

is the same

word used to

describe Paul's

ship in Acts

that's carried

along by the

storm,

and then he's

shipwrecked,

and there's a

wind that drove

them outside of

their course.

A ship has

sails to catch

the wind,

a keel to

prevent it from

tipping over,

a rudder to

steer it to

some degree,

but ultimately,

a ship goes

where the wind

carries it.

So, this is

our understanding

of the

Scripture being

inspired,

given to us

by God

Himself.

And there's a

lot of doubt

in our day

about this.

How do we

know?

How do we

know that the

very copy you

have before you

is God's

inspired word

to mankind?

I want to make

briefly,

I hope,

for you,

an argument

for the

Old Testament

and an

argument for

the New.

As I'm doing

this, if your

brain is panicking

because of the

length of the

definition I gave

you, we're

going to move

much more

quickly through

some of those

other doctrines

of Scripture.

But this one I

think we need

to spend some

time on to

make sure that

we can get

God's inspiration

of His word.

So, an argument

for the Old

Testament.

The Lord

Jesus Christ,

the one who

we say to be

followers of,

validated the

Old Testament's

inspiration by

quoting from

all three

sections.

The law,

the prophets,

and the

writings.

Commonly

understood Hebrew

categories for

the Old

Testament.

He endorsed

the inspiration

and authority

of the Old

Testament in

detail.

We've studied

through the

Sermon on the

Mount,

Matthew 5,

Matthew 5:17

verse 17,

18.

He elevates

it.

He doesn't

do away

with it,

but He

helps us

to properly

understand it.

And the

Old Testament

promises are

made,

and the

New Testament

promises are

fulfilled.

We get the

proper lens

by which to

view the

Old Testament

through.

We don't

discard it,

but we

continue to

pick it up

and understand

it through

the lens

of Jesus

Christ.

The Bible

of Jesus'

day is

what we

call our

Old

Testament.

39 first

books that

we have

in our

Scripture.

It was not

structured the

same way we

have it

structured today,

but it was

the same

nonetheless.

Luke 11,

you might

want to

turn here

with me.

Luke 11

and verse

49.

In this

text,

Jesus is

indicting the

Pharisees.

So this is

what He's

accomplishing as

the indictment

of the

Pharisees,

but He does

something really

unique,

something that

should draw

our attention

and help

us to see

what was

Jesus'

Bible?

What's He

referring to

as He

references the

Scriptures in

His ministry?

So here's the

text.

Therefore,

verse 49 of

chapter 11,

therefore also

the wisdom of

God said,

I will send

them prophets

and apostles,

some of whom

they will kill

and persecute,

so that the

blood of all

the prophets

shed from the

foundation of

the world

may be charged

against this

generation.

From the

blood of

Abel to

the blood

of Zechariah,

who perished

between the

altar and

the sanctuary,

yes,

I tell you,

it will be

required of

this generation.

So He's

saying,

He's

indicting

them for

all of

the prophets

that had

been killed.

And He

uses two

names.

Abel,

who here

Jesus is

saying is

the very

first prophet.

Genesis

Genesis 4:10

chapter 4,

verse 10,

And the

Lord said,

What have

you done?

The voice

of your

brother's

blood is

crying to

me from

the ground.

Right?

Here Jesus

calls Abel

the very

first prophet

who was

killed by

his brother

Cain.

The second

is a man

named

Zechariah.

So from

Abel

to Zechariah,

Zechariah,

and remember

this was

not written

in English,

so it's

not A to

Z.

It's not

what Jesus

is accomplishing

here for

us,

although it's

cool that

that happens.

From Abel

to Zechariah,

why is

he the

bookend?

Why is

he the

other

end?

Why from

Abel

to

Zechariah?

Here's

where we

read about

the death

of Zechariah.

Second

2 Chronicles 24:20

Chronicles

chapter 24,

verse 20

and 21,

Then the

Spirit of

God clothed

Zechariah,

the son of

Jehoiada,

the priest,

and he

stood above

the people

and said

to them,

Thus says

God,

Why do

you break

the commandments

of the

Lord so

that you

cannot

prosper?

Because

you have

forsaken

the Lord,

he has

forsaken

you.

Very

prophetic.

They didn't

like it.

They conspired

against him

and by

command of

the king

they stoned

him with

stones in

the court

of the

house

of the

Lord.

So this

is the

Zechariah.

So Abel,

Genesis

Genesis 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4,

Zechariah,

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 24 · chapter mention

chapter 24,

but

chronologically,

walking through

history,

the timeline,

chronologically,

the last

martyr of

the Old

Testament was

Uriah,

whose death

is described

in Jeremiah

Jeremiah 26 · chapter mention

chapter 26.

Chronologically,

so Jesus

isn't following

chronology then.

He's not

saying from

the very

first one

to the

very last

one

martyred.

So why?

Abel to

Zechariah.

This is

cool.

The Jewish

Bible of

Jesus'

day was

ordered

differently

than ours.

Our Old

Testament is

grouped by

literary

type.

Jesus'

Bible was

ordered in

a different

way.

1 and 2

Chronicles were

one book,

just called

Chronicles,

and was

written as

an overview

of Israel's

history with

a particular

emphasis on

David and

the temple.

It was

placed at

the end

of Jesus'

canon,

this Old

Testament

Bible that

they had,

to help

God's people

look forward

to a better

David and

a better

worship.

It was

placed at

the end

there.

It was

meant to

make them

expectant of

the coming

Messiah.

So in

Luke 11,

when Jesus

says,

from the

blood of

Abel to

the blood

of Zechariah,

he's

indicting

the generation

for the

death of

the prophets

of his

Bible.

They would

have gotten,

they knew

in the reading

of their

scripture,

Abel was

the first,

Zechariah was

the last,

as they would

have read

it in order

as it was

printed,

read to

them in

that day.

Are you

catching

this?

This was

the Bible

of Jesus'

day.

The Old

Testament is

the scripture

that he's

referring to.

This is

the scripture

that Peter

is referring

to.

He's saying

you would

do well

to pay

attention

to it,

to these

New Testament

Christians.

Catching

that's

important.

There are

many people

in our

day that

are trying

to undo

that,

that are

trying to

say to

us that

the Old

Testament

ought to

be used

merely for

history and

inspiration.

I quote.

It's so

much more.

It's still

God's

inspired

word.

This was

the text

that New

Testament

Christians

had,

this Old

Testament.

Jesus'

Bible is

what they

had in

their day.

It is a

precious book

that should

be read

and rightly

understood,

and that is

not an easy

thing to do.

It is an

ancient,

ancient text.

Trying to

sort through

promises

already fulfilled

and promises

yet to be

fulfilled is a

challenge of

the Old

Testament.

But because

it's a

challenge,

we should

not dismiss

it.

Because it's

a little

hard to

understand.

We shouldn't

just do

away with

it,

but we

should get

in there

and do

the work

of understanding

it because

it's God's

inspired word.

The Old

Testament.

Okay,

the New

Testament.

Make an

argument for

the New

Testament.

A little

more difficult.

the Lord

also prepared

his disciples

for the

coming of

the New

Testament.

John 16

John 16:12

verse 12

says he'd

given the

spirit that

will lead

them into

all truth.

And so

he endorsed

it in

principle.

I'm going

to lead

you into

all truth

in principle

to the

apostles.

Paul received

revelation

pertaining to

redemption.

Galatians 1

Galatians 1:11–17

verses 11

through 17

and expected

his writings

to be

received as

from God.

2 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians 2:13

chapter 2

verse 13

and verse

15.

Peter

classified

Paul's

writings

with the

inspired Old

Testament.

2 Peter

2 Peter 3:16

chapter 3

verse 16.

So we get

these hints

in our text

that's equating

it with the

Old Testament

as the

scriptures.

scriptures.

But how do

we end up

with our

New Testament?

How were

the books

that we

have,

the 27

books of

the New

Testament,

considered

and put

into the

canon of

scripture,

giving us

a total

of 66

books?

Well,

they were

considered

by this

criteria.

First,

the book

had to be

written by

a recognized

apostle.

Paul or

Peter would

be a fantastic

example of

that.

Secondly,

it had to

be written

by or

written by

somebody

associated

with the

recognized

apostle like

Luke or

Mark.

Third,

it went

through the

criteria of

truthfulness.

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 18:20

chapter 18

verse 20

and 22.

If a prophet

claims to be

speaking from

me and what

he has said

is not true,

then he has

not spoken

from me.

So they

were carefully

rolled around

and waited

and looked

at,

examined,

is this

consistent

with the

truth we

already have?

It went

through that

filter before

it was

considered to

be part of

the canon

of scripture.

Faithfulness,

much like

truthfulness,

right,

to previously

accepted

canonical

writings.

Again,

is it

contradictory in

any way to

other writings

that we've

already

affirmed

as

scripture.

Fifth,

confirmed

by

Christ,

prophet,

or an

apostle.

We have

some examples

of that.

Luke

Luke 24:44

chapter 24

verse 44,

2 Peter

2 Peter 3:16

chapter 3

verse 16.

Peter talks

about,

in that case,

2 Peter,

Paul's writings

being scripture.

And six,

the church's

usage

and

recognition.

The church

used these

writings,

these New

Testament

writings,

and was

deeply

edified by

them.

They were

believed

over time

that they

were from

God.

And so

the final

acceptance

of the

recognition

of the

66 books

of the

Bible

as

scripture

took place

at a

gathering

of church

leaders

called the

Senate of

Carthage

in

A.D.

397.

So quite

a bit

of time

after

Jesus'

life,

death,

and

resurrection.

Now,

there could

be much

criticism

of the

Bible

at this

point.

Oh,

so many

years

later,

I would

counterpoint,

but look

at the

time they

gave

to

carefully

weigh

and measure

and see

these works

out,

see them

edify in

the church.

The claim

is always

that the

church

made the

Bible,

selected

what it

did and

didn't

want to

be

contained

within

it,

but we

like to

rather think

in these

terms,

the church

did not

make the

Bible,

but rather

the Bible

made the

church.

And they

were merely

recognizing

that,

verifying

its use

and its

veracity.

Now,

to be added

to this,

in much

less measure,

it's worth

mentioning

our own

experience

with the

scriptures,

what John

Piper calls

a peculiar

glory.

The longer

I spend

studying the

Bible,

the more

flawlessly

I see it

fit together.

Even

pieces written

thousands

of years

apart,

the more

it feels

like the

work of

God.

how

would

such

a

magnificent

work

come

together

in

this

way,

written

by so

many

people

across

so

much

time,

if it

were

not

inspired

by

God.

The

more

I

study it,

the more

astounded

I am

by its

interconnectedness

and all

of its

beauty.

I know

that's not

something you

can break

your life

on,

me saying

it feels

like God's

word.

You

shouldn't

bank your

life on

that.

But for

me,

in addition

to more

objective

arguments,

I have

to say

it feels

like what

it claims

to be.

God

illuminates

the text

to me.

He makes

it come

alive as

I pick

it up

and read

it.

Paul wrote

in 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 2:14

chapter 2

verse 14,

the natural

person does

not accept

the things

of the

Spirit of

God,

for they

are folly

to him,

and he's

not able

to understand

them because

they are

spiritually

discerned.

So those

of us who

have the

Spirit of

God,

and I

know this

is a

difficult

claim to

make to

someone who's

not a

follower of

Christ,

we have

the Spirit

of God,

and the

Spirit of

God leads

us to

the truth,

and where

do we

find the

truth?

God's

inspired

word.

So what

we do is

we put the

truth in

front of

people as

often as

we can,

that the

Spirit might

awaken them

to the

truth of

the gospel.

So we

contend that

the Bible is

God's

inspired word

to mankind.

If then

the Bible is

God's inspired

word, then it

follows that it

is also his

inerrant word,

spelled properly

I-N-E-R-R-A-N-T.

Inerrant.

Just to prove I

wouldn't get out

in a Bible

bee on that

one.

The Bible is

God's inerrant

word to

mankind.

To say that

the Bible is

inerrant is

to say that

the Bible in

the original

manuscripts does

not contain

any error.

Because the

Bible is God's

inspired word,

then it cannot

contain error.

If we are

not able to

reconcile something

that seems to

be an error in

the Bible,

it must be

assumed that

there is

something wrong

with us,

not that there

is something

wrong with

the Bible.

Numbers 23,

Numbers 23:19

verse 19,

says,

God is not

man that

he should

lie,

or a son

of man that

he should

change his

mind.

Has he

said,

and will

he not

do it?

Or has

he spoken,

and will

he not

fulfill it?

God can

not lie.

He would

not be

God if

he could.

He is

truth.

Therefore,

anything written

by him

must be

true.

So the

Bible can

be trusted,

and it

should be

trusted,

even when

it's difficult

to understand.

We put

ourselves

under it

and say,

I'm not

the most

brilliant person

to have

ever lived.

I hope you

know that

of yourself.

Many of us

act like we

don't.

But even

the most

brilliant person

to have

ever lived

is not

God.

God.

So we

do the

labor of

getting in

there and

trying to

work this

thing out.

Understand it

as we

should.

So the

Bible is

inspired,

and because

it's inspired,

it's an

error.

And it

also means

that the

Bible is

authoritative.

The Bible

is God's

authoritative

word to

mankind.

When we

speak of the

Bible's

authority,

we are

saying that

the words

of the

Bible

carry God's

authority

since he

is their

author.

That makes

sense,

doesn't it?

God wrote

the book,

therefore,

it's

authoritative.

It carries

his weight

behind it.

So then,

to disbelieve

or disobey

the Bible

is to

disbelieve

or disobey

God

himself.

2 Thessalonians

3,

13-15.

Paul writes,

As for you

brothers,

do not

grow weary

in doing

good.

If anyone

does not

obey what

we say

in this

letter,

take note

of that

person and

have nothing

to do

with him

that he

may be

ashamed.

Do not

regard him

as an

enemy,

but warn

him as

a brother.

We ought

to tremble

when we

open up

this text.

When the

holy writ

comes out

before us

because it

is God

himself

speaking

to us,

directing

our lives

for our

good and

for his

glory.

We ought

to endeavor

to obey

it in

every way,

every jot

and tittle.

It ought

to bring

us great

pleasure to

do such

a work.

God's

word is

inerrant,

excuse me,

it is

inspired,

therefore it is

inerrant,

and it is

authoritative.

Fourth,

the Bible

is God's

clear word

to mankind.

The

clarity

of the

scripture

is a

doctrine

that I

run to

often as

I am

confused,

as I am

perplexed

by a

text.

I go,

oh,

but we

believe that

the Bible

is clear,

right?

That it

can instruct

simple

people.

The Bible's

clarity means

that those

who seek

to know

the truth

can know

it

by the

help of

the Holy

Spirit.

Those who

seek to

know it

can

by the

help

of the

Holy

Spirit.

A couple

of Old

Testament

texts

speak to

that.

Psalm

Psalms 19:7

19,

verse 7,

the law

of the

Lord is

perfect,

reviving

the soul.

The

testimony

of the

Lord is

sure,

making

wise

the

simple.

Isn't

that good?

Isn't

that good?

And

throughout

the history

of the

church,

people who

most often

most readily

turn to

faith in

the gospel

of Jesus

Christ are

the simplest

of people,

not the

most brilliant

of people.

The most

brilliant of

people seem

to be their

own worst

enemies,

but people

who come

humbly

to the

text.

Lord,

make me

wise.

I am

but

simple.

Psalm

Psalms 119:130

119,

verse

130.

The

unfolding of

your words

gives light.

It imparts

understanding

to the

simple.

Blessed

promises

found

in the

scripture.

That is

not to

say that

it is

always

easy.

It is

certainly

not.

As I

said before,

the Bible

is an

ancient

book.

It was

written

across

centuries.

It was

written in

languages

and cultures

that we

are not

first-hand

familiar

with.

Some

of our

great

difficulty

is trying

to

understand

the

context

into

which

the

text

was

written.

picking

up

translative

challenges

in the

text.

Although I

will tell

you that

more often

than not

when you

try to

deep dive

the

Greek,

the

English

words

are

really

great.

They

did a

good

job.

You

think,

I'm

going to

unlock

some

magic

in this

verse.

And you

go,

no,

that's

what the

Greek

word

means.

It's

what they

translated

it

in

English.

But there

is work

to be

done.

We have

to see

that the

Bible

wasn't

inspired

in

English.

no

version

of it

no

matter

what

somebody

will

tell

you.