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On Understanding Scripture

By Mike Schroeder

The following is what I like to refer to as the “Coverdale Dictum” on studying Scripture. It captures the essence of the command in 2 Timothy 2:15 to rightly divide the word of truth.

“It shall greatly help thee to understand Scripture,

If thou mark, not only what is spoken or written,

But of whom, and to whom, with what words,

At what time, where, to what intent, with what

Circumstances, considering what goeth before

And what followeth after.”

Miles Coverdale

Prologue to the 1535 Coverdale Bible

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Mike Schroeder is pastor and teacher of Amazing Grace Bible Study Fellowship in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he resides with his wife, Jean.
www.agbsf.com

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