Recent Comments
Tag Archives: theopneustos
The Meaning of Theopneustos
Paul was describing a spiritual vitality, living and life-giving, which is not at all limited to the original autographs but exists even in accurate translations. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged connotations, definition, etymology, hapax legomenon, Inspiration, meaning, theopneustos
3 Comments
Warfield’s Redefinition of Inspiration
In Warfield’s writings, then, “in-spired” became “ex-spired”, breathed out. No longer referring to both the divine origin and the divine quality or nature of the Scriptures, he now taught that inspiration meant only the divine origin. He believed his own redefinition, and began to write that his definition was what the Scriptural writers had in mind. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged Benjamin Warfield, Inspiration, ISBE, Scripture, theopneustos
12 Comments
Theopneustos Again
I’ve posted a lot on the meaning of the Greek word theopneustos, translated in the KJV as “is given by inspiration of God.” For those who missed it, my fairly detailed summary of those posts can be found in The … Continue reading
The Scriptures — Inspired or Expired?
The Bible in your hand is inspired, “given by inspiration of God.” The word theopneustos belongs to you when you read the Bible, to your pastor when he preaches it, and to all of us as we live it. “That Book in Your Hand” came from God, and it is and will continue to be a God-thing in character and quality, God-breathed, divine in nature. Living, life-giving, and life-changing, we read it, study it, believe it, and obey it. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16, Arthur Pink, Benjamin Warfield, Biblical autographs, breathed out, Inspiration, Scripture, theology, theopneustos
25 Comments
“Given by Inspiration” — theopneustos, Context Revisited
God breathed life into that Book, and thus it is and remains forever a living and life-giving Book. The divine qualities that He breathed into it live on even in that translation in your hand, just as they lived in Timothy’s Greek translation. It still lives and gives life today, just as it always has. Continue reading
“Given by Inspiration” — Three Useful Terms
“That Book in Your Hand” This post continues thoughts from/related to my first sermon on “That Book in Your Hand,” a series on the Bible, what it is and how we got it. We have already spent three posts looking at the … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, Holy Spirit, immediate inspiration, inscripturation, Inspiration, revelation, Scripture, theopneustos
Leave a comment
“Given by Inspiration” — the Connotations of theopneustos
Those who translated theopneustos for hundreds of years using the words “inspired” or “inspiration” weren’t just making stuff up. There was a very real basis in the connotations of the breath of God for the translational choice they made. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged 1 Peter 1:23, 2 Timothy 3:16, Arthur Pink, Benjamin Warfield, connotations, Hebrews 4:12, Inspiration, Living Word, Scripture, theopneustos
Leave a comment
Mind Renewers 