There are four passages in the New Testament where adjectives are used to describe βthe Word of Godβ and where we are informed of our responsibility toward it as such.
For example, in James 1:21 it is called the βengraftedβ or βimplantedβ Word, and as such we are advised to βreceiveβ it βwith meeknessβ since it is βable to save [our] souls.β The Word of God, indeed, does have a way of getting down underneath, of getting βunder our skins,β so to speak. It is not merely sown, it is planted into menβs hearts and often makes them miserable as it convicts them of sin and of their need of salvation through Christ. When it does this, says the Apostle: βreceiveβ it βwith meeknessβ for it is βable to save your souls.β
Then, in Titus 1:9, it is called βthe faithful Word,β and as such we are urged to βhold it fast.β βGod is not a man, that He should lie, neither the son of man, that He should repent.β We can safely count on His Word and act upon it.
Next, in Philippians 2:16 the Bible is called βthe Word of life,β and as such we are to βhold it forth.β The Word of God alone has power to regenerate and give spiritual life. St. Peter says that believers are βborn again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth foreverβ (I Pet. 1:23). Thus we should βhold it forthβ to lost men as their only hope of eternal life.
Finally, in II Tim. 2:15 it is called βthe Word of truth,β and as such we are told to βrightly divide it.β If we fail to rightly divide it, we can change the truth into error, for God has not always dealt the same with mankind. Abel had to bring an animal sacrifice for salvation (Heb. 11:4). The children of Israel were told to βkeepβ the law βindeedβ to find acceptance with God (Ex. 19:5,6). But later Paul declared by divine inspiration: βNot by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spiritβ (Titus 3:5). source
