How does the translation process impact the inspiration, inerrancy, and infallibility of the Bible?
” Answer: This question deals with three very important issues: inspiration, preservation, and translation. The doctrine of the inspiration of the Bible teaches that scripture is God-breathed; that is, God personally superintended the writing process, guiding the human authors so that His complete message was recorded for us. The Bible is truly Gods Word. During the writing process, the personality and writing style of each author was allowed expression; however, God so directed the writers that the 66 books they produced were free of error and were exactly what God wanted us to have. See 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21. Of course, when we speak of inspiration, we are referring only to the process by which the original documents were composed. After that, the doctrine of the preservation of the Bible takes over. If God went to such great lengths to give us His Word, surely He would also take steps to preserve that Word unchanged. What we see in history is that God did exactly that. The
