When Paul and the other New Testament writers composed the N.T. they were "moved along by the Spirit" (2 Peter 1:21). That means the Spirit of God wrote the N.T. by using the personality and talents of the writers, like Peter and Paul. This means the N.T., like the O.T., was "inspired by God" ... or "God Breathed." However, it should be noted, that as the N.T. writers wrote the N.T. they also were men of the O.T., meaning they spent their days and nights studying and meditating on the O.T. Scriptures. If you read the N.T. closely and watch the phrases and emphasis you will see that the Spirit of God indeed did use these men to compose the N.T. Scriptures but used the O.T. truths to carry over to the N.T. Note the following for our reading in this passage and the writings of Paul to the church at Ephesus.
Zechariah 8:16-17
These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates. Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate, ’ declares the Lord.”
Ephesians 4:15
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
The Spirit moved the N.T. writers and used the inspired O.T. to fill their minds with God's truth. The N.T. writers were Spirit filled and men of the Book. They read and understood the O.T. and saw and integrated the continuity into their letters to the early church. This is seen in 2 Timothy 4:13 where Paul asks young Timothy that when he comes to visit with Paul to bring the "parchments." In your and my world it would be, bring my Bible. The O.T. lead to the N.T. because the Spirit of God used it to move holy men to write with the same truth.
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