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Subject: How many layers of meaning in the Bible?

Bible Note: Helsrisen,

It might help to know what your theological presuppositions are?

What do you believe regarding scripture itself? Is it the inspired, infallible Word of God?

However, scripture only has one meaning- the one intended by the original(inspired) author, to the audience he was writting, within the context. The 1 Cor. 9:9-10 passage you're referring to needs to be interpreted within the context in which it was written. In other words, you can't pull a verse out, isolate it, and say, "this is what it means".

Given the above, Possibly the question you're asking is Can a Text have more than one meaning?

Yes, it can have more than one meaning if the human author conciously intended multiple meanings of his work. In this case, did Paul intend 2 meanings?

Without further clarification I'd be very careful in saying "Two audiences, two meanings, both intended by the author." How do you know this? You're making an assumption without providing much support!

Again, does the reader detrmine the meaning, the text determine the meaning or does the Author determine the meaning?

Speaking the Truth in Love,

BradK