This is Part 1 of our study on How God gave His words to man, how God inspired man to write it down, how God preserved the copies and translations, how we actually receive God's words, and how we study God's words. Part 2 next week will talk about how studying God's words the way He intended us (an only us, the Body of Christ - since we are the only ones commanded to rightly divide Scriptures) to will give us illumination. Proper illumination will give us correct application. Correct application will make it easier for us to communicate God's words to other people.