1  All Scripture is the very breath of God,

    And by His Spirit into words was breathed;

    By godly men the words were written down,

    With all God's fulness unto man bequeathed.

 2  It is the breath of God as light to man,

    With rays divine man to illuminate;

    It shines in darkness and to man reveals

    What is his truest need and actual state.

 3  It is the breath of God as life to man,

    Nature divine to man it doth impart;

    The dead it quickens and regenerates,

    Transforms the soul-life and renews the heart.

 4  It is the breath of God as wisdom too,

    Knowledge divine to man it has to teach;

    Th' eternal purpose of the Lord it shows,

    And leadeth man God's final goal to reach.

 5  It is the breath of God as strength to man,

    Power divine to man it doth transmit,

    Strength'ning the weak, empowering the faint,

    Enabling man God's purpose full to fit.

 6  It is the breath of God for us to breathe,

    That as our portion God we may enjoy;

    Receiving it by spirits exercised,

    Our need is met, His wealth we may employ.