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Pasa Graphe' Theopneustos Kai Ophelimos (Greek) is one of the most often-repeated passages from the Scriptures, ie, the Bible. The passage appears in the heading of our Facebook page. But what does it say to us in our various tongues? Well, for those of us who speak English, this passage is a bold testimony from the pen of one Paul, a first-century scholar from the Isrealite tribe of Benjamin. It is also a statement steeped in the thelogy of the Biblical narratives. So, Paul wrote to a young ethnic Jew named Timotheus: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable......"
At the time Paul wrote those words, there was not yet a codex known as the "New Testament." The scrolls of papyrus on which were written the Scriptures are what we call today the "Old Testament." In its immediate and limited interpretation, Paul is saying that the messages in the Old Testament are inspired by God. That being so, who is the man who would say that the record of the flood in Noah's day was simply an allegory, and not an historical account?

2 Peter

Peter’s second letter, probably written from Rome, seems to be directed to the same readers who received his first letter (2 Peter 3:1)—the Christians scattered throughout Asia Minor (the area which covered most of what we know today as modern-day Turkey).

The purpose of 2 Peter is to establish his readers in the Christian faith (1:12-15; 3:1, 2). Peter reminds them that they can trust the writings of the prophets, which came from divine inspiration.

They can obey the guiding principles of Scripture and grow in their spiritual lives because their Lord provides the power.

Peter is careful to warn that false teachers will appear. He tells how to detect these deceivers. He also warns against scoffers who will come expressing their doubts about Christian teachings.

Then the book of 2 Peter focuses on the approaching day of the Lord when this old sin-cursed earth will at last give way to a new one—“the home of righteousness.”

And the apostle’s final word is: “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen” (2 Peter 3:18).