Do you think that they knew they were inspired?
e.g. When Paul the apostle wrote the letter we know as 1 Corinthians, which we now call Scripture, would he have thought to himself, gee, I'm really inspired and writing this letter just to go into a future bible. ? Or, would he have thought nothing of it, here is a guy doing his job as an apostle, simply writing a letter to the Church. Never realising that one day it would be called Scripture, on par with the old testament Scripture he would have been most familiar with in his day?
e.g. When Paul the apostle wrote the letter we know as 1 Corinthians, which we now call Scripture, would he have thought to himself, gee, I'm really inspired and writing this letter just to go into a future bible. ? Or, would he have thought nothing of it, here is a guy doing his job as an apostle, simply writing a letter to the Church. Never realising that one day it would be called Scripture, on par with the old testament Scripture he would have been most familiar with in his day?