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15 Bible Verses About Inspiration

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  • 2 Timothy 3:16 calls all Scripture theopneustos, God-breathed, and Strong’s lists it as the word’s one New Testament occurrence.
  • 2 Peter 1:21 says the prophets were “carried along” by the Holy Spirit, using the verb Acts 27:15 uses for a ship driven along by a storm.
  • The King James Version uses “inspiration” in 2 Timothy 3:16 and in Job 32:8, where the Hebrew neshamah is the breath God gave the first man in Genesis 2:7.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9 is God’s answer to Paul after he pleaded three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed.
  • Lamentations 3:22-23 comes from a book of grief over Jerusalem, directly after the speaker says his soul is downcast.

The Bible describes its own words as breathed out by God. Paul calls all Scripture “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16), and 2 Peter 1:21 says the prophets spoke from God “as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” The King James Version uses the word inspiration in 2 Timothy 3:16 and Job 32:8, and the New International Version calls David’s last words his “inspired utterance” (2 Samuel 23:1). In everyday English, inspiration also means encouragement. Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 12:9…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version. King James Version wording is quoted for 2 Timothy 3:16 and Job 32:8.

Strong’s Greek 2315, θεόπνευστος (theopneustos): God-breathed, inspired by God; one occurrence, 2 Timothy 3:16. biblehub.com/greek/2315

Strong’s Greek 5342, φέρω (phero): to bear, carry, bring; used of a ship driven along in Acts 27:15. biblehub.com/greek/5342

Strong’s Hebrew 5397, נְשָׁמָה (neshamah): breath, spirit; used in Genesis 2:7 and Job 32:8. biblehub.com/hebrew/5397

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