Is the Bible incomplete?

David_Kariuki · Post by **David_Kariuki** » 01 Aug 2020, 01:39

Adeniyi+samson- wrote: ↑12 Jul 2020, 09:15 Yes, the Bible is complete. It's just that the meaning or better put the mystery of each verse of the scriptures needs to be communicated to man through His Spirit.

I agree with this. I believe that you have to read the Bible from a spiritual perspective to get more out of it,when reading it with a 'literal mindset' a lot of things will not make sense.

David_Kariuki · Post by **David_Kariuki** » 01 Aug 2020, 01:49

Sushan wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 10:06 The author gives additional descriptions, which are not found in the original Bible, to the story from creating Adam and Eve, up to the worldwide flood. Most of who has studied the Bible must have had his/her own thoughts regarding these lacking parts. Does this mean that the Bible is incomplete? On the other hand, is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible?

The Bible is the word of God,therefore i believe God with His infinite wisdom gave us only what is necessary to know. in that sense, i would say that the Bible is not incomplete, unless someone conspires to have some parts removed.
After-notes, should only serve a purpose to give support to scripture, such as, in terms of context, geographical history, reference to other verses mentioned in the Bible, in that case, it would be okay to have them.

David_Kariuki · Post by **David_Kariuki** » 01 Aug 2020, 02:21

Kei Nakagawa wrote: ↑28 Jul 2020, 23:37 I believe the reason for that is because the book is fiction based on religion, thus giving the author the liberty to add or subtract elements parts. This does not directly mean that the Bible is incomplete, though. With that, I don't think we can use Killing Abel as a reference.

Well articulated. Killing Abel does not exactly reflect the completeness or incompleteness of the Bible. The Bible and Killing Abel are books by different people thus, should be regarded differently. God is perfect, but human beings are prone to making errors, that said, i disagree that the Word of God can be deemed 'incomplete', based of this book.

David_Kariuki · Post by **David_Kariuki** » 01 Aug 2020, 02:31

Officialboluwatife wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 16:04 Seeing the book is presented as fiction, I see no reason for the comparison. As Christians, I don't think our mind should be after the completeness of the bible. Rather it should be about the significance of the bible we have at hand in our life.

I agree. For Christians, the Bible accomplishes its intended purpose, redemption of mankind and the coming of Christ again. If we evaluate Killing Abel and the Bible in terms of purpose, then both can be said to be complete.

Nhitra · Post by **Nhitra** » 01 Aug 2020, 17:07

The bible is not something to be read as a story that can have a plot hole but more like collections or snippet that people have written down so I understand why it feels incomplete

Onyinye_Favour · Post by **Onyinye_Favour** » 03 Aug 2020, 15:14

Bible is complete. When you study church history, you would discover different set of believers. There are Roman catholics who sees The King James Bible version as incomplete simply because it didn't not include some Bible passages like maccabes, Juliet and the rest. To King James translators they said that those extra verses normal found in Good News Bible version are not in the original Greek manuscript.

It is all about conflict of belief. As for me the information provided in the King James version is enough for Christians to live like God.

Grace132435 · Post by **Grace132435** » 03 Aug 2020, 22:21

I don't think that the Bible is incomplete. It takes stories of the lives of many different people who demonstrate the way that we are meant to live our lives. To gather the lessons from these stories, we don't always need every little detail. We are able to understand the lessons that are taught in the Bible through the experiences that these people went through without exact descriptions of everything.

Marvin85 · Post by **Marvin85** » 04 Aug 2020, 06:57

The bible is sheerly complete. All the events and accounts found in the bible were enough in the mind of God for the redemption of mankind. Every single story plays its part in ushering salvation to us.

Haywhyre7 · Post by **Haywhyre7** » 04 Aug 2020, 18:43

Considering that the novel was written by men and was arranged and out together by people who weren't even christians then there is always the possibility of lots being subtracted

LuciusM · Post by **LuciusM** » 05 Aug 2020, 04:10

I believe it's complete. Lives of people, stories and the teachings depicted are enough for a Christian journey of life. There are also answers to questions of the phenomenons that do currently happen

naomilupton_98 · Post by **naomilupton_98** » 06 Aug 2020, 13:45

Considering that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, containing His standard (and a description of man's depravity and need for a Savior)... it is complete. The book of Revelation also clearly states that nothing is to be added or removed from the Word of God. This also where trust in a faithful, sovereign God comes in, that He would preserve His Word, using people to accurately copy it through the ages.

dbetz · Post by **dbetz** » 06 Aug 2020, 17:13

I don't believe the Bible is incomplete; we also don't have access to every detail of every event that occurred in Bible times. I think there's a difference between adding to scripture and using your imagination to extrapolate the story. As you engage with scripture, you can imagine how someone felt at that time. It doesn't add or detract from the truth of the Bible, but it allows you as the reader to engage deeply and imagine the great faith that it took for the humans to act on God's commands. Imagination in that context is not the same as claiming to add something that completes the Scriptures.

Kola+wole · Post by **Kola+wole** » 06 Aug 2020, 17:48

The Bible should not be regarded as incomplete. It is as complete as possible since it contains virtually everything needed for righteous living.

plnjimenez · Post by **plnjimenez** » 07 Aug 2020, 09:47

Officialboluwatife wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 16:04 Seeing the book is presented as fiction, I see no reason for the comparison. As Christians, I don't think our mind should be after the completeness of the bible. Rather it should be about the significance of the bible we have at hand in our life.

I agree. The completeness does not matter. It is the moral lesson that is important.

dereson · Post by **dereson** » 07 Aug 2020, 14:57

Katie Canedy wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 17:19 That is a valid point. I felt that the Bible did leave out some details in the stories. This is truly something to think about.

Now we know that the things written in bible are written to point us to the personality of the Godhead: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, so seeing there is a purpose in view behind the writing of the books of the bible, we can affirm that it is complete with respect to it's purpose.