The Church of God (Cleveland) affirms that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God — without error in its original manuscripts in all that it asserts regarding doctrine, history, and practice. The Bible is the infallible rule for faith and conduct, the supreme authority in all matters of Christian belief and life. While human copyists have introduced minor textual variations, the original manuscripts (the autographa) are inerrant, and the biblical text as transmitted is sufficiently reliable for all purposes of faith and practice.

The Church's approach to inerrancy is combined with acceptance of the biblical text as we have it (not requiring access to hypothetical originals) and an understanding that Scripture should be interpreted according to its literary genre and historical context. Inerrancy is affirmed as essential to the authority of Scripture, while the Church engages in careful, faithful interpretation.