"And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scripture, unto their own destruction." (2 Peter 3:15)
Peter validate Paul's writing as being scripture so I do not really understand what your hang up is. Your thinking seems to be more along the lines an unbeliever. The "scripture" we have now is better than what they had back then. Scrolls were hand written by scribes so it is not like every body had their own copy. There were no chapters and verses to help you quickly navigate the Bible. You couldn't search for words and phrases using a computer to quickly find a verse to quote to someone or for research. The pattern in the Bible is generally that what comes latter is better than the former. The word of God did not start out perfect and degrade. It started as a seed and "mightily grew." (Acts 19:20) In Jesus's day they had just the OT but the growth occurred and now we have the NT.
My hang up is that the original question is whether the Bible claims to be inerrant. Not whether it bears truth, or knowledge or salvation. Not whether it’s historically correct, useful for correction or training in righteousness. Inerrant would mean not only it’s authors, translators and scribes were flawless but that you yourself had full knowledge and understanding able to detect any flaws. My educated opinion, and I call it an opinion because I’m not claiming infallibility, is that even though the Bible contains the words to Life, those who are politically motivated were responsible for its canonization. Those who were not Spirit filled probably had much to do with its interpretation. There are many people who go around using half truths and mistranslated verses, used out of context, like a legal document condemning babes in Christ before they can even chew the meat of scripture.
You accuse me of sounding like an unbeliever because I question intent and context. Words have double meanings, people use imagery and metaphor. Some promises weren’t meant for everybody. Some were intended just for Jews, some just to individuals, some were for future, some were already given. That doesn’t stop some preachers from propagating name it and claim it, believe and recieve theology.
I believe in the Message of the Gospel more than anything, but to call the Bible, it’s translations and interpretations inerrant is intellectually dishonest. It’s not that I don’t believe the word of God is everlasting, it’s that those who determined what constitutes what that word is or isn’t have not been representing Christ. For years the “Church” has hidden truth to gain power. What truths may they still be keeping? You will know a tree by it’s fruit, and that is some rotten fruit.
Its funny that most of the time I spend here at CC is debating fellow Christians. No body cares what I do believe, they only want to declare me a heretic, Mormon, mystic, and apostate because of the jots and tittles that I don’t. It would be easy to dismantle sentence by sentence, word by word, twist and misrepresent all of the statements contrary to my beliefs. I just don’t think that’s why we should be here. I think we should edify, and strengthen our brothers and sisters. Too many people are just here because they like to argue and feel superior.
I have dedicated my existence to seek out truth, knowledge and understanding. I have left no stone unturned in this persuit. The philosophers shun me because of my faith. The Christians shun me because I question everything. God I know, the Holy Spirit teaches me everything. Yeshua is the author of my salvation and I look forward to His return and reign. I also look forward to seeing all of the brothers and sisters here at CC face to face so we can look back on these discussions and all laugh at our ignorance.