The Spirit’s inspiring work is strong and true work, and it is work that—like other work we have seen the Spirit do—extends into history, particularity, and materiality. The Spirit’s role in inspiring Scripture is not limited to the tone or theme of the text, but it extends to the words themselves. The phrase “verbal inspiration” gets at this idea. More, the Spirit is the inspirer of all of Scripture; inspiration is not limited to just some bits of the text.
