The Bible is the word of God or the Bible contains the word of God?
Is there a difference?
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It is the Word
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Bible is the Word of God
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The Bible contains the word of God. And there isnt much of a difference perse but more of a distinction. For when you say that the Bible is THE Word of God, you maintain upon it a standard that is impossible to defend when put under scrutiny as opposed to saying it contains the Word of God.
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The Bible is the word of God means that every single word in the 66 books that make up the bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit. This typically refers to the Original manuscripts as they were written down by the respective authors and in the original languages they were written in.
The Bible contains the word of God suggests that only some portions of the Bible are divinely inspired.
As evangelical Christians, we hold to the latter view.
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Yes, if it only contains it then we can dismiss what we wish.
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Bible is the Word of God.
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The recorded Word of God as Given by God to His chosen people, called prophets.
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If Bible contains the Word of God, who will decide which part is God’s Word, and which is from the satan or only human wisdom?
Then everyone will utilise it as per his convenience, in that case it doesn’t remain the Word of God in it’s entirety.
The problem is not in the Bible it’s in the human beings who wish to crush their conscience because the Bible speaks so clearly to the hearts of mankind. -
They are synonymous
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Hugh difference. Jesus is the word
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The Bible is the Word of God in its entirety. If you say “contain”, then you imply that there are certain parts which aren’t His Word.
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The Bible revealed the word of God.
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It’s Inspired by God.
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Bible is an Abundant Treasure of God’s Words. But it also contains lots of human histories, Poems and concepts.
Discerning the Divine and Human is a gift of the Holy Spirit given for all the Sincere Ones.. ?? -
IS the Word of God…
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2 Timothy 4:13 – when Paul writes: When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. The Bible in its completeness and originality is the inspired God-breathed word of God in written form. Jesus is the original ‘Word of God in divine and human form. And since God chose to speak through men, we see also the human element as in this verse.
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what are the negative implications if we accept that the Bible is only contains the Word of God instead of THE WORD OF GOD?
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Of course!
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use your systematic theology coz it filters negative theological implications or errors.
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John 1 is pretty clear. Jesus is the Word. The Scriptures is the Word of God.
2 Peter 1:20 – knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.
2 Timothy 3:16 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness… -
The bible is the infallible and inspired word of God. And the GOSPEL WHICH IS JESUS is the WORD; THE WORD of God, from the beginning, the word who became flesh. JESUS IS THE LORD AND SAVIOR, THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD FROM GENESIS TO REVELATIONS.
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Correct is: The Bible contains the word of God” (note the Cap B) By definition, a bible is just a collection of books. You could have a bible of food recipes.
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The bible is the WORD of God but the value of those words is forfeited when read from a mere wordly perspective!
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The Word became flesh and dwelled among us. The collection of books and it’s authors is the Word of God.
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Contains the words of God.
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It’s the words of God.
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The Bible is said to be the inspired word of God. We have no real evidence to support that claim.
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It is the Word of God!
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Is the word of God. Huge difference.
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Both
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It contains the word of God. The fullness of the word of God is in both scripture and tradition. 2 Thessalonians 2:15.
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Bible is the WORD of GOD
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God the Holy Sprit inspired all the writings of scripture but each individual writer has there own style or perspective.
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John 1:1
John 1:14 -
Same thing..it is the Word of God which mean it contains the Word of God!??
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It IS the word. Otherwise you could randomly use what you want and disregard the rest
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The Bible is the Word of God and the central message of the Bible is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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I believe is the same ?
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Jesus is the Word of God. Scripture reveals the word of God
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The Bible IS the word of God. This means the 66 books in totality are to be believed and practiced since it is in totality inspired- 2Timothy 3:16-17.
The view that the Bible CONTAINS the word of God is not only misguided but also robs it’s authenticity; authority, perspicuity, inerrancy and reliability.
This misguided view claims that the Bible is like a container and therefore the reader has the freedom to choose to read and accept portions of scripture that appeal to his, her worldview.
It is instructive, therefore, to desist from any claim that robs the authenticity of God’s word in totality
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Yes the right one is the word of God if we say contain the word of God it might be u derstood that it contain other things not from the mouth of God it we say what was written in the bible is the word of God there is the solidity that only the word of God is what was written in the bible even though the whole bible has 66 books all what was written in each book are pure word of God
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If it is the Word of God it must contain the Word of God. Otherwise it is not the Bible.
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The Holy Bible of 66 books written in the original languages ( O.T in Hebrew & portions in Aramaic and N.T in Greek) is fully word of God.
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Yes
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If the bible is the written book. And the words written in the book are the word of God. The bible is the word of God.
And If the bible can contain the word of God. And the word of God can be contained. And the container of the word of God is the bible. The bible contains the word of God.
The first statement is the act of identifying and the second is the act of containing.
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Is every the and thou in the the manuscript?
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The bible is the living breathing word of God. Everything from Genesis to Revelation. If we say it contains the words of God that means we do not hold the whole bible as the inerrant word of God.
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Is there another word of God aside from. The bible.. Who wrote the bible who are the people involved in selectimg the book to include in the bible
Are they from. Heaven? Or angels or the bible came from. Heaven who wrote the bible who cannonize the sacred text is there any politics behind it..in choosing which book shall include or there is a redactor? -
Read tbe book kf elliot friedman “who wrote the bible”
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If it is the word of God then it is authoritative. If it is just the word of men of their time giving their thoughts on God then what makes it any more authoritative than any man giving their thoughts on God?
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Is there any word of God aside from the bible? Who wrote the bible who are the people behind in choosing the books to include in cannon? Is there any politics behind this? Whar are the criteria in choosing book to include in the bible? Is it the bible came from. Heaven?
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Read the commentary of elliot frieddman in the book “who wrote the bible”
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I would say it contains the Word of God. To say it is the Word of God would imply that the book itself is His Word therefore it is Holy in itself. But in it it states that you should worship the Lord your God alone and only Him shall you worship. So yea, I think it contains the Word of God but in itself it is not the Word of God, if that makes any sense cuz I think I just confused myself lol
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The Bible is the Word of God?.
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“IS”
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Contains the word of God makes it sound like it also contains other stuff too. So it’s the word of God
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Yes
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Is
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Here’s the answer from 2Tim 3:16-17
King James Version (KJV)
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
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The Bible is the Word of God.
Those who teach the Bible contains the Word of God, are then able to reject anything they don’t agree with.
This is where sinners get to decide what parts of the Bible are really God speaking and which are not.
Here is the slippery slope most mainline denominations have already gone down, including the Lutheran Church I was raised in as a kid.
1. They reject Genesis Chapters 1 – 11 because it disagrees with their own limited view of science.
2. They start Ordaining Women.
3. They say it is OK to be gay.
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Yes… the scriptures testify of One. Yeshua Messiah, Son of God. He is Living and seated at our God’s right hand. Therefore, we through Him have access to His Father and ours. Glory…
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Is scripture the word of God or does it contain the word of God? “All scripture is God breathed and useful for reproof and instruction in righteousness.”
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? The Bible is the Word of God! ???
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Of course there is a difference, if the Bible just contained the Word of God, that would mean that some of it was not the Word of God, so then how would we know what words were and were not God’s Words. So with that in mind it is the word of God every single word, right down to the very smallest of words.
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And The Word became Flesh!
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John 1:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The Word Made Flesh
14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception). -
The Bible is a book containing recorded words from God. It also has recorded words from patriarchs, prophets, kings, even the serpent, the Devil, evil spirits, demons and others. The letters written by Paul are just that … letters written by Paul to churches not unlike I would write a letter to a church today under the influence of the Holy Spirit. God is a living being. He is not a book. However, He can speak to us when we read the Bible or give us spiritual vision as we find a Scripture that is important in the right timing. But God does not need a book to communicate with us. Just like we don’t need to have a Bible open when we’re praying to Him.
The word made flesh has absolutely nothing to do with the Bible. God who is the Creation Speaker (Word) made His Spirit being visible by manifesting in a Son of Man flesh suit.
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No difference. Word play! L&P
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The Bible is the work of men, giving their opinions of God.
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The Bible is THE WORD OF GOD written by God inspired men
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How about a compromise? The Bible is a record of the word of God.
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Bible,words of God,scripture the same
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There is a difference. The Bible instructs us in righteousness, but Jesus is the Word of God… the Bible is the account of salvific history
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Logos “the Word” Jesus became flesh “incarnate” Deity or Holy Spirit embodied human flesh came to redeem mankind.
The Bible is the infallible inerrant truth of God displaying to us how to live.
God inspired 44 Godly men, over a 1500 year span, written in three languages, on three different continents.
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Yes! The people who believe the Bible is the Word of God accept it as such even the parts they don’t like or understand. The people who say it CONTAINS the word of God can discard whatever parts they don’t like and pick and choose which Scripture is REALLY what God said and which isn’t. They are perpetuating the same lie as Satan’s first lie to Eve: “Did God really say?”
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Neither and both!
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Scripture is the word of God. The Bible is merely mans interpretation of the scripture.
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Is, Is, Is the Word of God.
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Who is to determine which parts are the Word of God and which parts are not? Saying that the Bible contains the Word of God leads people away from truth. The Bible is God’s Word.
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Yes, I think there’s a difference since anything that “contains” something can also contain something else.
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