1. Can you show from scripture that only the originals can be inspired?
Inspiration and inerrancy are two different concepts derived from Scripture. The problem with your question is you seem to want internal evidence to prove something externally. IOW, the doctrine of inspiration is based on internal evidence. Let me throw the ball back in your court and ask by the same token, can you show from Scripture that anything more than the originals can be inspired? You'll have to argue externally and say that God inspired only the copiests of the Byzantine texts and further all the translators behind the translation from original languages into English.
2. Let's' take it another step shall we? We all take it for granted that the originals were inspried but can you even prove that from scripture? Show me a verse that clearly states the originals were insprired.
Sure, there is plenty of internal evidence to support inspiration and inerrancy, I will quote a few..
Psalms 12:6 The
words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. NKJV
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. NKJV
Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But
the word of our God stands forever. - NKJV
Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. NKJV (cf. Luke 4:4)
Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you,
till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.. NKJV
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said to them, You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. NKJV (cf. Mark 12:24)
Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets,
He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. - NKJV
Luke 24:44 Then He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me. 45 And
He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. - NKJV
John 2:22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and
they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. - NKJV
John 5:46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you do not believe
his writings, how will you believe
My words? - NKJV
John 10:35 ...
to whom the word of God came-and Scripture cannot be broken - ESV
Acts 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public,
showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. - ESV
Romans 10:17 So then
faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - NKJV
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in
accordance with the Scriptures, - ESV
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
1 Thess 2:13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you
received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. - NKJV
2 Timothy 3:14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. - ESV
1 Peter 1:19 And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that
no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. - ESV
2 Peter 3:15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother
Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the
other Scriptures. - ESV
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. - NKJV
Hebrews 6:18 so that by two unchangeable things,
in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. - ESV
Revelation 22:18 For I testify to everyone who hears the
words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from
the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. NKJV
While we turn to Scripture for internal evidence, textual criticism deals with external evidence...
Regarding your statement we can't throw out the baby with the bath water - The fact that a fundalmental doctrine is in place in one verse doesn't mean it is ok to attack it in another. I use Mic. 5:2 as my example because in Mic. 5:2 in all the newer versions the eternality of Christ is attacked by changing from everlasting to ancient of days (or something to that affect). My friend -that change may be acceptable to you becasue in other places it is not attacked still leaves one with conflicts and error and an attack on Christ is still an attack regardless how subtle.
How is it an attack on Christ if the same doctrine is taught elsewhere? John 1:1 for example teaches the eternality of Christ.
The first thing the devil said in scripture was, "Yea, hath God said?" He questioned what God had said. The common saint never used to question the word of God but in the last 100 years or so since 1881 the word of God has been questioned by more than just the intellectual bible critic. Now with the introduction of all these newer versions the average saint doesn't know what to believe.
I will agree that the flood of new versions has created much confusion, not only different translations but different types of study Bibles etc. I think for many new believers it must be like a maze. But still, I have found the greatest defenders of the Bible, like B.B. Warfield were not KJV-Onlyists.
Regarding Origen - I've read to much about his beliefs to believe he was even a regenerated man.
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