You dont understand. If inspired New testament says "it is written: xyz", then it is the authority on what was really written in Old Testament, so you can check it out.
The extent of preservation is concerned with the words. The Bible teaches verbal inspiration. What is inspiration without preservation? In the doctrine of preservation what you need is faith to believe God’s Word. This is actually the application of faith.
When the New Testament quotes from the Old Testament, there are several instances where the Holy Spirit used different words e.g. Deuteronomy 8:3 is quoted slightly different words in Luke 4:4, without loss of meaning.
Ø In the first place, the quotation was from the Hebrew to Greek.
Ø In the second place,, Timothy had available both the Book of Deuteronomy (written in Hebrew) and the Book of Luke (written in Greek) since 1 Timothy 5:18 cites both the Books as SCRIPTURE.
Ø In the third place, the Spirit of God is well qualified to use different words since He is the Author of the Scripture
Faith concludes that God will keep His promise to preserve His Word, working providentially by the same Spirit through the process of copying and translation to give us the very words He desires.
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