Inspired Word of God

Dr. Lackey says, "It is correct to call a translation of the Bible 'the inspired Word of God,' if it is a correct translation from uncorrupted manuscripts. In 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Paul refers to the Scriptures that Timothy had and calls them inspired. Timothy did not have the originals; he had only a copy. Every reference in the New Testament to the scripture refers to copies of the autographs (original manuscripts) in Hebrew or to translations in Greek. No one had the autographs at that time. The scriptures which Timothy had were called 'holy,' that is different; set apart. They were 'set apart' in the sense that they were inspired and preserved, as God had promised in Psalm 12:6-7; Psalm 100:5 and other places. ... If only the autographs are inspired, no one has the inspired scripture. Thus, no one could obey Matthew 4:4, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Did God intend for only those who had the autographs to obey this? Or did He intend for only those who could read Hebrew and Greek to obey this? The answer must be obvious to any thinking Christian. When God made this statement, and when Christ repeated it (Jesus, when quoting Scripture, always quoted from a copy and not the original and called it Scripture.), did He not know that the scripture would be copied and translated many times? 1 Peter 1:23- 25 teaches that we are born again, of the incorruptible 'word of God, which liveth and abideth forever,' and states that 'this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.' ... Any correctly translated scripture, in any version, would be correctly called the inspired Word of God, if it is from uncorrupted texts. ... The issue is whether the verse is correct. ... Hence, a translation in English from uncorrupted texts would be equally inspired as a translation in Spanish from the same texts. ... I believe that the King James Version is a correct translation of uncorrupted manuscripts in both Hebrew and Greek and is worthy of being called the inspired Word of God."

Dr. Fuller said, "The breath of God, product, not process, conveyed by translation from copies of Scripture will impart to that translation infallible authority " If the KJV was not "given by inspiration of God," then how, may I ask, did it get it's life and authority? Everything downstream from the originally inspired autographs must have a Scriptural rationale as to how it received these. Scripture is not inspired just because. In similar manner to the way physical life begets physical life and the way we are born again through Holy Scripture and the Holy Spirit, likewise the words of the Scriptures pass on their life when they go from language to language. The original "breath of life" from God or "inspiration" continues in copies and translations that are true to the original words of the Scriptures. The King James Bible is such a true translation. It received it's life from the Hebrew, Greek, Latin and other manuscripts that God provided for the translators. Now let's break down 2 Timothy 3:16 where it says, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God ..." First the Greek word for "all" (Strong's #3956) elsewhere in the New Testament is translated, "[the] whole," "every [part]," and "all manner of." Secondly the Greek word for "Scripture" (Strong's #1124) means "writing" (i.e. written words). Thus, "All [every part, and all manner of] Scripture [God's written words] is given by inspiration of God [is given life, product, not process, by God] ..." The Spirit of God, the life of God, is in the words of all Scripture (i.e. translations also). It is the living Scriptures that give life to the lost. The Lord Jesus Christ said:

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my Word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." (John 5:24)

"It is the spirit that quickeneth [gives life]; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (John 6:63)

"... It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matthew 4:4)

"For the Word of God is quick [alive], and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)

The King James Bible is not twice inspired or re-inspired, but it rather received it's inspiration or life from the inspired manuscripts it was translated from.

"... [T]he Word of God ... liveth and abideth for ever." (1 Peter 1:23)

It is this inspiration of our King James Bible that makes it "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness," and if it is not inspired then men of God for the past 400 years were not "throughly furnished unto all good works." But it is, so let us continue "holding forth the Word of life ..." (Philippians 2:16).

Dr. David Cloud said, "As accurate copies and translations of this inspired Scripture have been made, these also bear the holy impression of the originals. I believe an accurate translation of the Greek and Hebrew text can properly be called the inspired Word of God because its inspiration is derived from the original text. I believe the King James Bible is an accurate and beautiful translation of the preserved Scriptures and as such is the inspired Word of God--inspired derivatively, not directly."