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Click to View "How could 2 Timothy 3:16 teach the all-sufficiency of
scripture, when several New Testament books were not even written yet?"
"No Orthodox Christian would deny that Paul's affirmation of the
inspiration of the Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16) applies to the New Testament
by extension. However, at the time Paul wrote to Timothy-and for almost
three centuries thereafter-there was no official New Testament canon.
Indeed, at that point, not all of the books of the New Testament had even
been written. If Paul were asserting the sole sufficiency of the Scriptures
(i.e. the Old Testament), it would obviate the need for the New Testament."
(THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church,
Clark Carlton, 1997, p 122)
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Refutation of the false Roman Catholic and Orthodox argument:
"How could 2 Timothy 3:16 teach the all-sufficiency of scripture, when several New Testament books were not even written yet?"
Bible texts taught Sola Scriptura and the all-sufficiency of scripture,
even when the canon was still incomplete!
According to this Roman Catholic and Orthodox argument, the only way
God could state by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, that scripture is
all-sufficient, is if it was the very last verse of the very last book
written in the Bible. So if God had inserted "2 Timothy 3:16-17" after
Revelation 22:21, then the traditionalists would admit they are wrong and
proclaim the Bible indeed does teach the all-sufficiency of scripture.
But the fact remains that 2 Timothy 3:16-17 does clearly state the
all-sufficiency of scripture. This argument is clearly an attempt to create
a false dilemma, and deny what the text obviously says.
Obviously God knew exactly how many books were going to be in the
Canon of the New Testament. He knew who would write the books and when. God
also knew the exact working that would be in these books, since he, not the
men chose the working, as 2 Peter 1:20-21 says.
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