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2. Reproof – “Reproof” is the Greek word, elegmos, which means “proof or conviction.” It tells us that
the Scriptures are handy to keep every man walking the true path, and when a person deviates from
that path, the Scriptures will bear down to expose sin through personal conviction. Scripture’s purpose
to bring us back to the correct path as we will see next.

3. Correction – This is the Greek word, epanorqwsis, which means “setting up straight or setting
something right.” It stresses the restorative nature of Scripture and the capacity of the words to set our
feet back on the right course. The Psalmists wrote, “The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul…
(Psalm 19:7a).

4. Training in righteousness – “Training” is the word, paidia, which means “instruction or discipline.”
From its root word we get the word disciple. It does not mean punishment for wrong doing, but more
the concept of training or guidance that produces character, strength, skills, etc. This demonstrates the
long-range effects of the Scriptures as through the years, as a person immerses his mind in them, He will
become more like Christ in attitude and behavior.

Verbal Inspiration

Verbal means that every word of Scripture is God-given. The idea is that every single word in the Bible
is there because God wanted it there. The idea behind verbal inspiration is that God supernaturally
guided the biblical authors to write the exact things that He wanted expressed, to the very words and
punctuation.

Plenary Inspiration
The word plenary, means “full or complete.” Plenary means that all parts of the Bible are equally
authoritative. This includes such things as the genealogies of the Old Testament. All parts of the Bible
are of divine origin.

We combine the two thoughts and say that the Bible is the verbal, plenary verbal inspiration of God. It
is verbal in that the Holy Spirit directly guided the exact words recorded by the biblical writers as they
wrote the Scriptures. It is the “full” (plenary) inspiration of the Scriptures, in the sense that the whole
Bible is inspired, not simply portions of it.

Verbal plenary inspiration stands in opposition to partial inspiration which limits the inspired quality of
the Bible in various ways whether it be restricting inspiration to doctrinal matters, or one author was
inspired where another was not, or there are mistakes in historical events and geographical locations
but the main thoughts are correct.

Conclusion

So the historical orthodox position of inspiration is holds these truths as important:

(1) The Bible is the infallible Word of God.

(2) The Bible is the only rule of faith and practice.

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