Les Feldick Bible Study

Was every word Paul wrote dictated by the Holy Spirit?

Every word Paul wrote was Holy Spirit inspired, though the word 'dictated' is corrected to 'inspired.' Paul wrote as the Spirit moved him, and removing even one word causes the numerical structure to fall apart. This applies to every word he wrote, not just selected passages.

Les teaches that every word the Apostle Paul wrote is Holy Spirit inspired. He initially says 'dictated' but immediately corrects himself, preferring 'inspired,' because Paul wrote as the Spirit moved him. Les supports this by pointing to numerical patterns in Scripture—if you remove one word, the structure falls apart. The context then transitions to 1 Corinthians 15, the Resurrection chapter, where Paul writes of Christ being seen by 500 brethren, then James, then all the Apostles, and finally by Paul himself as one born out of due time. Les explains that Paul's phrase 'born out of the due time' describes him as a spiritual miscarriage or preemie, because he came on the scene before the due time for the nation of Israel as a whole. Paul was a sampling of Israel's future sudden conversion, as happened on the road to Damascus.