Questions & Answers about Primitive Baptists
by Elder Tim McCool
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What is the Primitive Baptist view of the scriptures?
Primitive Baptists view scriptures as the divinely inspired word of God and as the sole rule of faith and practice for the church. It is also believed that the scriptures have been divinely preserved through the ages, and that the 1611 King James version is the proper English translation of the scriptures. Paul claimed that all scripture is given by inspiration of God (2 Tim. 3:16). Accordingly, Jesus said that scripture cannot be broken (Jn. 10:35). Such infallibility could only occur in writings under the power of plenary (full) inspiration. The apostle Peter said, "...no prophesy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophesy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Pet. 1:20-21). Hence, scriptural prophesy is void of any private opinions of the writers. They were actually moved by the Spirit of God when writing. Furthermore, the psalmist David declares, "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times... Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever" (Ps. 12:6-7).
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