How Did 2 Peter Wrote The Bible

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To put it simply, God wrote the Bible. He controlled every word that was written in it. Paul sums it up to say in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that God inspired the Scripture. Peter also agrees with Paul and adds in 2 Peter 1:20-21 that the Bible is the Word of God by the power of the Holy Spirit and is extremely trustworthy. Yet, because of all this, God is not the only author. He used divine inspiration to get the men to write the text in the Bible. Peter talks about in 2 Peter 1:20-21 that the Holy Spirit inspired the men to write it. This does not mean that God gave the men ideas or overpowered them. God picked these men because of their traits, interests, and skills, and the Holy Spirit motivated them to write the Bible in their unique way. Because

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