Which version of the Bible is inerrant?
“Biblical inerrancy is the doctrinal position that in its original form, the Bible is totally without error, and free from all contradiction; “referring to the complete accuracy of Scripture, including the historical and scientific parts”. Inerrancy is distinguished from Biblical infallibility (or limited inerrancy), which holds that the Bible is inerrant on issues of faith and practice but not history or science.” “The theological basis of the belief, in its simplest form, is that as God is perfect, the Bible, as the word of God, must also be perfect, thus, free from error.” “Proponents of biblical inerrancy also teach that God used the “distinctive personalities and literary styles of the writers” of scripture but that God’s inspiration guided them to flawlessly project his message through their own language and personality. Infallibility and inerrancy refer to the original texts of the Bible. And while conservative scholars acknowledge the potential for human error in transmission a
All and none, if the version you are using (The Bible) inspires you to seek the truth, it did what it was spouse to do. The purest version is written in your heart, it can not be corrupted or miss-translated. It’s readily known that the Bible is a word of God, and if so, it’s only in His mercy’s that he communicates His will to us, just in many different ways as there are people, hence the denominations, and differences in translations. I would not worry about political correctness to text, or any essential text being lost due to translation, it is the Holy Spirit that was released on all flesh after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ that bears witness to our hearts about what the truth is in our relation to God, and He will not lead us a stray… Long before the Bible became an instrument of God to communicate with the people, God reserved a simpler way, He made sure that His creation knows Him and hears Him.
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