On Understanding Scripture
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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