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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?

Correction

When is correction a helpful gift? When someone is compromising. It's in the Bible, Galatians 2:11, TLB. "When Peter came to Antioch I had to oppose him publicly, speaking strongly against what he was doing for it was very wrong."

Correction is helpful when it is motivated by love rather than condemnation. It's in the Bible, I Corinthians 4:14, TLB. "I am not writing about these things to make you ashamed, but to warn and counsel you as beloved children."

Correction is helpful for those who want to grow spiritually. It's in the Bible, Hebrews 12:7, TLB. "Let God train you, for he is doing what any loving father does for his children. Whoever heard of a son who was never corrected?"

Scripture is also the source of correction for people's lives. It's in the Bible, II Timothy 3:16,17, NIV. "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."