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Bible study
Six ways to sit with a passage. Choose one, then use it on the chapter you have open.
Open a chapter first, then come back and study it.
- Observe, interpret, applyThe basic method. Stay with what the text says before you decide what it means.
- SOAPScripture, observation, application, prayer. One line for each is enough.
- Lectio divinaAn old way of reading slowly: read, reflect, respond, then rest.
- Swedish methodThree marks: a light for what shines, a question for what is hard, an arrow for what to do.
- SPECKLook for a sin to turn from, a promise, an example, a command, or something to know. Not every verse has all five.
- Who, where, and whyA verse means what it meant in its place. Ask the plain questions first.