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Originally Posted by Igzy
I don't believe the Scripture every makes the claim that there is no better way of saying what it says.
Inerrant doesn't mean there is not a better way of saying something. It means the way it reads is the way God chose to say it to us. We might actually stumble upon a better way of saying something, but we wouldn't know it because we'd have no way of validating that. Although we do often know that a modern rendering is more understandable and thus "better."
But I agree with you that we assume Scripture is inerrant because that's the only way to expose our own errors of interpretation. If we presume our interpretation is better than Scripture we are on shifting sand.
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The scripture never uses the word "inerrant" concerning itself. Since that word is defined differently by different people why don't we stick to what the scripture does claim for itself.
Colossians 2:3 "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge".
Since Jesus is the incarnated word I think it is fair to interpret this as referring to the scripture. If this said "many treasures of wisdom" then I would agree with you. But wisdom includes how something is done, not just the finished product. After all isn't Henry Ford's wisdom expressed in how he built the cars? So then, if "all" the treasures of wisdom are hidden in this word, then it is not merely the finished revelation but also how we got to the finished revelation, "every jot and tittle".