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John Piper on Authority of Scripture

B. 1946 · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Scripture alone is the final, only infallible authority

THE POSITION

Sola scriptura and inerrancy.

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SCRIPTURE
2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 · BSB

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

18 OTHERS HOLD THIS

Jacobus ArminiusVoddie BauchamCalvinJonathan EdwardsThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithM. HeiserJosh HowertonSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurPhilip MelanchthonGavin OrtlundJohn OwenJustin PetersR.C. SproulWesleyWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Scripture with tradition and church teaching officeAQUINAS · BASIL THE GREAT · CHALCEDON · CHRYSOSTOM · CONSTANTINOPLE I · EPHESUS · NICAEA I
Scripture supreme, recognized and interpreted through the churchATHANASIUS · AUGUSTINE · IRENAEUS
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Longtime pastor of Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, and founder of Desiring God. Reformed soteriology combined with continuationism and historic premillennialism.

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"John Piper on Authority of Scripture", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/piper/scripture-authority (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/piper/scripture-authority).

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