'All Scripture...'

Ralph Nielsen nielsen@uidaho.edu
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 11:38:55 -0800 (PST) (00887679535, v0300780fb10dd54c5108@[129.101.112.111]) 


>

>MATT

>2 Tim. 3:15,16 is in my opinion a foundational verse of what inspiration is

>and how it works. Taken in its textual context the phrase 'all scripture'

>can only be that of the OT which Timothy would be familiar with. However,

>such is the workings of God that it does not only have application for the

>immediate person it was written to i.e. Timothy but has a wider meaning

>intended for believers from the time of writing to the present day and

>indeed beyond. To Timothy the 'scriptures' were that of the OT, since the

>completion of the Canon it is all that it contains. The Scripture has a

>double-application, relevant for all believers, then, now and the future.

>

RALPH NIELSEN
Do you know when the Hebrew canon was decided, Matt? Before or after Timothy?