Interpreting Scripture with Scripture
Submitted by Loutzenhiser on Sun, 2007-07-15 18:09.
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Submitted by JStaller on Sun, 2007-07-15 22:57.
We're all saying it quite a lot, but I am curious to know if the scriptures themselves recommend interpreting scripture with more scripture? I'm not aware of any passages that do so, but I have much to learn. Can anyone point me to the Biblical basis for interpreting the Bible with the Bible?
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." John 5.39-40
There is a subtle reference by michael_legna
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Col said –
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Avastasis,
I am sorry . . . by jwmcmac
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