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Session 6 Video

Interpret unclear texts in light of clear ones. Don’t ignore or disregard some texts to protect your misinterpretation of others.

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**Read each passage in light of *Scripture* as a whole.**

- If you could only give someone three chapters of the Bible, what would they be?

    - What we’re doing in this class is hardly new!

    - And virtually every “hermeneutical handbook” includes this principle.

- General Rules:

    - Interpret *unclear* texts in light of *clear* ones.

    - Don’t *ignore* or *disregard* some texts to protect your misinterpretation of others.

- Question 1: What else does the Bible say about this?

    - Two kinds of “parallel passages” –

        - When an author quotes or alludes to another text.

        - When two texts talk about the same thing.

    - How to find them:

        - Cross-Reference Bibles or Websites

        - Concordance (search individual words)

        - Nave’s Topical Bible (search topics or themes)

- Question 2: How do the two texts relate?

    - Harmony or tension?

    - If tension, how does it resolve?

- Question 3: How does this text point to Jesus?

    - The whole Bible is about Jesus.

        - Matthew 5

        - John 5.38-39

        - Luke 24.25-27, 44

        - Hebrews 1.1-2

    - We’re not looking for Jesus *instead* of the original meaning of the text.

    - Whatever is true, Jesus is . . .Whatever is good, Jesus is . . .Whatever is broken, Jesus came to…

    - Ask how your text points to Jesus as *Savior* and *Lord*.

        - Jesus as Savior / receiving grace –

        - Jesus as Lord / living as disciples – 

Read each passage in light of Scripture as a whole.

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