Why Must Scripture Be Interpreted Before It Is Applied?

Scripture must be interpreted in context before its meaning can be applied accurately to Christian belief and conduct.

How Can Bible Students Identify the Main Point of a Passage?

Bible students identify the main point by tracing context, grammar, genre, structure, repeated words, and authorial meaning.

Doctrine must arise from Scripture’s plain meaning, interpreted by grammar, context, history, and authorial intent.

Truth in translation protects doctrine by bringing readers faithfully to the inspired Hebrew and Greek text without distortion.

Bible translators must avoid theological bias so readers receive the inspired text, not a doctrinal system disguised as Scripture.

Translation choices shape doctrine by affecting how readers understand Jehovah’s name, the soul, death, ransom, faith, and congregation.

Bible students must respect grammar, syntax, and historical setting because God gave Scripture through real language and context.

Bible translation must submit to the Hebrew and Greek texts because God’s authority rests in the inspired words of Scripture.

Exegesis draws meaning from Scripture, while eisegesis reads human ideas into Scripture and distorts God’s Word.

The Historical-Grammatical method seeks the inspired author’s meaning through context, grammar, history, and obedient application.