Rightly Divided:
Bible Study QuestionsObservation: What does it say?Setting QuestionsWho is the author or speaker?Why was this book written? What was the occasion of the book?What historic events surround this book? What was happening in the world at the time this was written?Where was it written? Who were the original recipients? What do we know about them?Context QuestionsWhat literary form is being employed in this passage? What is the overall message of this book, and how does this passage fit into that message?What precedes this passage? What follows? How does this passage fit the immediate context?Structural QuestionsAre there any repeated words? Repeated phrases?Does the author make any comparisons? Draw any conclusions?Does the author raise any questions? Provide any answers?Does the author point out any cause and effect relationships?Is there any progression to the passage? In time? Actions? Geography?Does the passage have a climax?Does the author use any figures of speech?Is there a pivotal statement or word?What linking words are used? What ideas do they link?What verbs are used to describe action in the passage? What is significant about these verbs?Structural ModelMake a logical arrangement of the text by placing phrases under the words they explain or modify. Use the example in your textbook to give you an idea of what is expected.Interpretation: What does it mean?What verses are difficult to understand in this passage? Consider the following principles to help you understand these verses and draw some interpretive conclusions from your observations.Continuity of the Message – The Law of Non-Contradiction In general, what does the Bible as a whole teach on the subject addressed in this passage? Is this passage clear on this subject? Is there another passage that more directly addresses this subject? Are there other passages by this author that address this subject? What do they teach?Is this passage intended to teach a truth or simply record an event?Context of the MaterialAs you review your observations of the context of the passage (section II, B above), how do those observations help interpret this passage? What conclusions can you draw about the passage that are informed by the context?Customary MeaningIn a paragraph or two summarize the teaching of the passage giving the passage it most natural, normal meaning.What issues, questions, terms, or teachings in this passage are difficult to understand? Read commentaries to help with these and then summarize your findings.Generalization: What is the big idea?Subject: What is the author talking about?Complement: What is the author saying about what he is talking about?Generalization: In a sentence, what is the exegetical idea (big idea)?Application: What difference does it make? (2 Tim. 3:16-17)Teaching: Is there a teaching to here to be learned or followed?Rebuke: Does this passage communicate a rebuke to be heard and heeded?Correction: Is there a correction to be noted?Training: In what way does this passage train us to be righteous?Implementation: What Must I Change? ................
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