every scripture, being theopneustic, is profitable.
"every scripture, because it is theopneustic, is profitable" [(Warfield)].
. . . πιστεύομεν, ὅτι πᾶσα γραφὴ θεόπνευστος οὖσα ὠφέλιμός ἐστι. Τὸ γὰρ ἓν τῶν δύο δεῖ σε παραδέξασθαι ἐπὶ τούτων τῶν γραφῶν, ἢ ὅτι οὔκ ἑισι θεόπνευστοι, ἑπεὶ οὔκ εἰσιν ὠφέλιμοι, ὡς ὑπολαμβάνοι ἂν ὁ ἄπιστος· ἢ, ὡς πιστός, παραδέξασθαι, ὅτι, ἐπεί εἰσιν θεόπνευστοι, ὠφέλιμοί εἰσιν [(Origen, Homily 20.2 on Joshua; Philocalia of Origen xii.2, ed. Robinson (1893), p. 63, ll. 23 ff.)].
. . . we believe that all Scripture being [(οὖσα] inspired by God is profitable. For as regards these Scriptures, you must admit one of two things: either that they are not inspired because [(ἑπεὶ] they are not profitable, as an unbeliever might suppose; or, as a believer, you must allow that because [(ἐπεί)] they are inspired they are profitable [(Origen, Homily 20.2 on Joshua; Philocalia of Origen xii.2, trans. Lewis (1911), p. 56)].
I was put onto this by Dr. Laura Holmes.
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