Attempts to define the process of inspiration
are thwarted by lack of biblical data. II Timothy 3:16 describes inspiration as
‘God-breathed’ (This is the literal meaning of the Greek, which the NIV
translates faithfully. The ESV has ‘breathed out by God.’), but does not
explain what this means in practical terms. It may be a deliberate echo of
the Genesis creation account, in which God breathed the breath of life into
Adam. (David J. Burke, Servants of the Lord: A Bible Study Handbook [Bible
Interpretation Series 1; Lively Stones Publishers, 2017], 25, emphasis added)
Further Reading
