14 Questions to ask your bible
From The Blazing Center
- Who is the author of the passage?
- Who were the recipients?
- What is the historical background of the passage?
- What is the outline/structure of the passage?
- Are any words repeated? Any significance to the repetition?
- Are there any unusual words in the passage that call for more exploration?
- How does the passage fit into the surrounding paragraph? Chapter? Book?
- Why did the author place the passage here and not somewhere else?
- In one sentence, what is the main point of the passage?
- How would the original audience have been affected by the passage?
- How does this passage connect to the overall storyline of the Bible?
- How does this passage reveal Jesus as savior?
- How does God want this passage to function in my life?
- What kind of response does this passage call for?
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