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The God-breathed Wordthe Word of God figures of speech are used with divinedesign. Each and every one of them may be accuratelycatalogued and analyzed with precision.There is absolutely no guesswork. Except <strong>for</strong> the figtiresof speech and the Oriental customs and mannerisms,The Word is literal.There are 212 different figures of speech used inthe Bible. As far as I can calculate, throughout historythere must have been approximately 220 differentfigures of speech. Two hundred twelve of theseare used in the Bible; sometimes there are as many as40 variations of one figure. It is easy to see what amonumental opportunity <strong>for</strong> research the field of figuresof speech is.This figure of speech, "God-breathed," is so tremendousthat I am taking this time to develop itsgreatness. Once you understand this, hundreds ofScriptures will become very plain to you.God is Spirit, yet II Timothy says that "all scriptureis God-breathed." This figure of speech is calledin the Hebrew derech benai adam which translatedmeans "ways of the sons of man," bringing Goddown to the level of man. Now the Greeks tookderech benai adam and translated it anthropopatheiameaning "pathos of man." The Romans used this figureand called it condescensio in Latin from which is71
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