Should "Bible" = "Word of God"?

[Christy (Christy Hemphill)]

@Relates

NIV 1984 does capitalize Word, and that is the choice I made, esp since the underlying Greek word is logos. Also as has been pointed out, the Bible/word as an accepted book of NT scripture was not in existence at the time of the writing.

LM77:

I am looking at my NIV (1984) study Bible, and yes, Word is capitalized, but the note says “be ready in any situation to speak the needed word, whether of correction, rebuke, or of encouragement.” That clearly indicates the publishers were not intending to communicate that Word=Jesus in that verse. It is your own wrong assumption that every time Word is capitalized in English, it refers to Jesus. It doesn’t even in the NIV (1984).