Bible Verses About Textual Criticism And Scripture Transmission

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Direct Bible passage about wresting Scripture.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Search the Scriptures passage.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Clear Bible passage on what was written for instruction.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Search the Scriptures passage.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Commands holding fast to apostolic teaching.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

Delivered traditions to be kept as received.

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Shows handing down teaching to faithful men.

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

Direct Bible passage about corrupting the word of God.

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

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They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

General statement about Scripture's usefulness.

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Commands public reading of Scripture.

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Direct Bible passage about tampering with God's word.

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

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Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

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And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

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Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

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Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Background for written law kept as a witness.

And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

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And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

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And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

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And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

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And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

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Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Faith once for all delivered to the saints.

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Calls for holding fast the faithful word.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Commands right handling of the word of truth.

The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

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Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

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