Editing Sola scriptura (section)

====Divine authority====
Scripture, regarded as the word of God, carries the full authority of God in Lutheranism: every single statement of the Bible calls for instant, unqualified and unrestricted acceptance.{{sfnm |1a1=Engelder |1a2=Arndt |1a3=Graebner |1a4=Mayer |1y=1934 |1p=27 |2a1=Graebner |2y=1910 |2pp=8–9}}<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|4:3|31}}, {{bibleverse||Luke|4:3|31}}, {{bibleverse||Genesis|3:1|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|10:35|31}}, {{bibleverse||Luke|24:25|31}}, {{bibleverse||Psalm|119:140|31}}, {{bibleverse||Psalm|119:167|31}}</ref> Every doctrine of the Bible is the teaching of God and therefore requires full agreement.{{sfn|Graebner|1910|pp=8–10}}<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Thessalonians|2:15|31}}, {{bibleverse||Luke|24:25–27|31}}, {{bibleverse||Luke|16:29–31|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Timothy|3:15–17|31}},
{{bibleverse||Jeremiah|8:9|31}}, {{bibleverse||Jeremiah|23:26|31}}, {{bibleverse||Isaiah|8:19–20|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|14:37|31}}, {{bibleverse||Galatians|1:8|31}}, {{bibleverse||Acts|17:11|31}}, {{bibleverse||Acts|15:14–15|31}}</ref> Every promise of the Bible calls for unshakable trust in its fulfillment;{{sfn|Graebner|1910|pp=8–9}}<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Thessalonians|2:13|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Corinthians|1:20|31}}, {{bibleverse||Titus|1:2–3|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Thessalonians|2:15|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Peter|1:19|31}}</ref> every command of the Bible is the directive of God himself and therefore demands willing observance.{{sfn|Graebner|1910|pp=8–11}}

What is said here of "every statement of the Bible" does not represent the faith of all Lutherans: a 2001 survey showed that 72 percent of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America do not accept that everything in the Bible is literal, but that it may contain scientific or historical errors or describe events symbolically.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bible: Literal or Inspired|url=http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=1186|publisher=The Lutheran|access-date=13 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104103503/http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=1186|archive-date=4 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>