5. Authority and Sufficiency (WCF 1.3-6)

WCF Chapter 1, Sections 3-6

ATTRIBUTES OF SCRIPTURE

1. The Necessity of Scripture
   WCF 1.1
   Ps. 19:1-3
   Ro. 1:10-25
2. The Inspiration of Scripture
   WCF 1.2-3
   2 Ti. 3:16
3. The Authority of Scripture
   WCF 1.4-5
4. The Sufficiency of Scripture
   WCF 1.6
   Acts 20:27
   Jude 3
   1 Cor. 13:10
   Rev. 22:18-19
   2 Ti. 3:16-17
   John 14:6,
   John 14:26
   John 16:13
   2 Thess. 2:15
5. The Perspicuity of Scripture
   WCF 1.7
   1 Cor. 2:10-14
   Acts 17:11
   1 Thess. 5:21-22
   Eph. 4:11
   Note: Ministers' word is not the authority but a declarative authority because their preaching is only agreeable to the Word of God.
6. The Perpetuity of Scripture
   WCF 1.8
   Matt. 5:18; Luke 16:17
   1 Pet. 1:23-25
   Isaiah 40
7. The Interpretation of Scripture
   WCF 1.9
8. The Judgment of Scripture
   WCF 1.10
   Heb. 4:12
   John 12:48
   John 20:30-31