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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?

Pride

Pride is dangerous. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 16:18, TLB. "Pride goes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall."

Humility brings honor. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 29:23, TLB. "Pride ends in a fall, while humility brings honor."

God sets himself against the proud. It's in the Bible, I Peter 5:5-6, TLB. "You younger men, follow the leadership of those who are older. And all of you serve each other with humble spirits, for God gives special blessings to those who are humble, but sets Himself against those who are proud. If you will humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, in His good time He will lift you up."

Pride can cut us off from God and from others. It's in the Bible, Luke 18:14, TLB. "I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home forgiven! For the proud shall be humbled, but the humble shall be honored."

Childlike humility is valued by heaven. It's in the Bible, Matthew 18:4, TLB. "Therefore anyone who humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."

The proud will be disappointed. It's in the Bible, Matthew 23:12, TLB. "But those who think themselves great shall be disappointed and humbled; and those who humble themselves shall be exalted."

Those who are proud can fall. It's in the Bible, I Corinthians 10:12, NRSV. "So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall."