What does it mean that the Bible is the Word of God? While the world struggles with the idea of truth and whether or not there is absolute truth or not, the Bible claims to speak eternal truths that ought to have authority over every human being’s life. It claims to be profitable to teach and even correct. The Bible claims that God Himself in a mysterious way is the author of its words. Paul writes in 2 Timothy definitively about how it speaks into our lives and just how trustworthy it truly is.