“Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,
preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham …”
“Scripture imprisoned everything under sin …”
Yes, the scripture is indeed the word of God. All the same, I have great confidence in assuring you that scripture —
graphē, if you prefer Greek — did not do a single thing described in these verses. Not literally. A piece of
paper, papyrus or animal skin does not “foresee”. It does not “preach”. It does
not “imprison” anyone.
It can’t. It couldn’t. Ink, paper, the printed medium — these things are inanimate.