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3. General Problems: HPEGWW 2

There are “imperfections of human language,” “the Scriptures were given….piece by piece” and “there is not always perfect order or apparent unity.” “Superficial knowledge” will lead to talk of “contradictions of the Bible.” The Bible is “not given to us in grand superhuman language,” and “everything that is human is imperfect.” “Different meanings are expressed by the same word,” and there is “not one word for each distinct idea.” (Ibid.) HPEGWW 2.4