What does Paul say about the inspiration and profitability of all Scripture?
Paul writes that all Scripture is inspired of God and is profitable for reproof and for instruction in righteousness. This statement affirms the divine inspiration and practical value of the whole Bible, not only the Pauline letters, even while Paul's letters provide fundamental truths for the Church Age.
Les explains that Paul himself writes that all Scripture is profitable, inspired of God, and profitable for reproof and for instruction in righteousness. Les stresses that this never implies the rest of the Bible is inappropriate. Instead, for this age of grace, which Les calls the Church Age, Paul is the designated Apostle of the Gentiles. Les teaches that the Pauline letters are where we garner fundamental truths for salvation, the Christian walk, and the operation of the local church, while all Scripture remains inspired and profitable.