Biblical Interpretation With Rev. Dr. Virgil Brown
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
1 Corinthians 13:9-12 - 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Acts 17:10-11 - 10 ¶ Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
Interpretation
Regard the passage as though you are a detective, studying the passage for any clues that can help to answer the following questions: 2.1 - What does this passage mean, what is being said? Attempt to discover the actual meaning of the passage. 2.2 - What was the author trying to say to his original readers, how would the original readers have understood this passage? 2.3 - What is the author trying to say to me? Keep in mind that there is often significant distance (historical, political, societal, cultural, geographical, covenantal and positional to name just a few) between ourselves and the original readers. 2.4 - Why is this here, what is the theological significance of the text?
