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The Bible does not teach the mechanical theory of inspiration. God dictated the scriptures and the men who wrote the scriptures copied. 2 Peter 1:20-21 argues for dual authorship behind the writing of the scriptures. A second view is that of inspiration extending only to the concepts of scripture. The concepts of the scriptures are inspired. The words of scripture are not inspired. The words of scripture are taught by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:13). Concepts must be expressed in words. Concepts and words are so interrelated that the conceptual view of inspiration is impossible. A third view is that of natural inspiration. The Hebrew writers of scripture had a genius for writing religious literature. Fourthly, the mystical view of scripture is that God worked in the writers of scripture. He works in us in the same way today (Phil. 2:13). A fifth view is that inspiration is partial extending to some parts of Scripture (Chafer 1971:1:68-71). A sixth view of inspiration views some parts of Scripture inspired to a greater degree than other parts (Walvoord 1974:19). The plenary aspect of Scripture argues that inspiration extends to all Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Pet. 1:20-21).