How To Read The Bible

The english bibles we have today are all just translations of the original language and some are easier to read than others.

How to read the bible. There are four steps to mastering the bible so well that the bible masters you. And while it is true that some translations are more accurate than others if you re just. It is god s love letter written to his people which. The purpose of the bible is simply to proclaim god s plan to save his children. Pray before you begin.

And it communicates the message that jesus is the god in the flesh sent to save his children the more you read the bible the more you ll love the author find the bible translation that is right for. How to read the bible. One option is a genre based bible reading plan which breaks up the readings into these genres. Here are 30 great tips on how to read the bible effectively. There are hundreds of free bible reading plans to choose from.

Pause before you open your bible and ask god to speak to you. Law prophets poetry old testament history new testament history. Read the bible 2. Originally the bible was written in hebrew aramaic and greek. Many of us learned to read the bible from children s bible storybooks made up of individual stories adam and eve david and goliath jonah and the big fish of course it was jonah and the whale back then the boy s five loaves and two fish and so on we learned to look for stories snippets of scripture.

Meditate on the bible. 2 timothy 3 16 17 says all scripture is breathed out by god and profitable for teaching for reproof for correction and for training in righteousness that the man of god may be complete equipped for every good work. The how to read the bible series walks through each literary style found in the bible and explains how each uniquely contributes to the overall story of scripture. It asserts that man is lost and needs to be saved. First i encourage you to start even on a modified and very small level.

Start by reading the bible five minutes a day. You can also read the book a little bit at a time by selecting passages based on a specific topic like struggling with adversity or feeling lost. Choose a study bible in a user friendly translation. One of the easiest ways to read the bible is by reading it in chunks of related information such as the gospels the pentateuch and the epistles. Study the bible 3.