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NASB | Matthew 12:33 ¶ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:33 ¶ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is recognized and judged by its fruit. |
Subject: Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? |
Bible Note: Immanuelsown Yes it was most helpful! Thank you for the link, but I was not able to use it the page said it was deleted or moved. I went to study what you were talking about in more detail and I found a fairly good site - http://www.triviumpursuit.com/articles/inductive_and_deductive_bible_studies.php After studying these concepts on a number of different sites I have become most intrigued with "Dogmatics". Now, this was most illuminating. So was the rest of what was there. I have no personal comment on anyone here, or myself as to what I read on that site, nor do I venture an opinion about it. Via the discussion at hand about how to arrive at an interpretation of a passage, or a phrase - There is always only one interpretation and there may be several applications. I don't claim to have all the correct applications by the way. Deductive Bible study starts with the presuposition of something to be absolutely true: All cats are mortal Felix is a cat Therefore Felix is mortal In this case beccause the first premise is true and because the form is correct the conclusion is true. The inductive method of the studying the Bible starts with specific observations - I have looked at 100 T-bone steaks 100 T-bone steaks had bones T-bone steaks have bones In this case what has been observed can be said to be true although if other observations had been made other things could also be said to be true. It starts with not an absolute truth premise but an observation of a thing from which more than one conclusion could be drawn if different elements were observed about that thing. According to what I read there, true Bible study necessarily incorporates both elements in one sense or another working off, or with one another. I try to stick to exposition as much as possible before consulting people, or commentaries, or anything esle. When all esle fails I ask somebody after looking in the books. 2 Timothy 2:15 Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |