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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?

Colossians

Paul’s letter to the Colossians was written to the church at Colossae, about 110 miles east of Ephesus. Paul had learned about some false teachers in Colossae who were insisting that to know God, people must have a proper understanding of certain “principalities and powers.” Furthermore, these teachers demanded that the believer must be circumcised and obey specific rules about foods and religious festivals.

Paul opposed these teachers by saying that Jesus Christ is able to give salvation all by Himself. Nothing else is needed. And the ritual demands of the Mosaic law are no longer valid. Only in union with Christ do people have any hope of salvation.

Paul spells out just what this teaching means in daily life in the last part of Colossians—for husbands, wives, slaves, and others.

Paul ends the letter by saying: “I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.” (Colossians 4:18, NIV).