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And what about the things I said do you disagree with and why? Simply saying I'm wrong with no explanation doesn't advance the discussion.
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Peter's statement, specifically, refers to Paul's writings as scripture. Paul referred to scripture as "God-breathed" in 2 Tim 3:16 Literally, "theopneustos" -- which means just that-- "God-breathed". So yes--Paul called it the word of God.
The bible as we know it did not exist at the time 2 Tim. was written, so it cannot be referring to that. Also, calling something God-breathed (inspired) is not the same thing as calling it the word of God.
And what about the things I said do you disagree with and why? Simply saying I'm wrong with no explanation doesn't advance the discussion.
Your statement that Peter was only referring to a subset of Paul's writings. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's what I understood you to be saying. The text just doesn't seem to say that. We can read that and infer that Peter considered Paul's writings to be scripture.
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The bible as we know it did not exist at the time 2 Tim. was written, so it cannot be referring to that.
As we said--Paul's writings are scripture. He was a prophet of God.
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Also, calling something God-breathed (inspired) is not the same thing as calling it the word of God.
Also, calling something God-breathed (inspired) is not the same thing as calling it the word of God.
On the other hand ... Paul talks about PEOPLE being epistles of Christ. And if everything that Paul wrote is scripture, surely what Christ wrote should qualify as scripture as well. If all scripture is the word of God, than I guess PEOPLE are actually the word of God, too.
On the other hand ... Paul talks about PEOPLE being epistles of Christ. And if everything that Paul wrote is scripture, surely what Christ wrote should qualify as scripture as well. If all scripture is the word of God, than I guess PEOPLE are actually the word of God, too.
Your statement that Peter was only referring to a subset of Paul's writings. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's what I understood you to be saying. The text just doesn't seem to say that. We can read that and infer that Peter considered Paul's writings to be scripture.
Or we can read it and infer that Peter was talking about some of Paul's writings.
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As we said--Paul's writings are scripture. He was a prophet of God.
As you said. And even if that were true, Paul's writings do not comprise all of the bible as we know it.
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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