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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><meta name="keywords" content="Bible, Bestuderen, HowTo"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Bijbelstudie HowTo"><link rel="up" href="h2-rules.html" title="Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)"><link rel="prev" href="h2-rules.html" title="Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)"><link rel="next" href="h2-rules-hcontest.html" title="Regel 3 - Interpreteer binnen de historische en culturele context"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="h2-rules.html">Terug</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="h2-rules-hcontest.html">Volgende</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" title="Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="h2-rules-context"></a>Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context</h2></div></div></div><p>Interpret scripture in harmony with other scripture. What do the verses on
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each side say? What is the theme of the chapter? the book? Does your
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interpretation fit with these? If not, it is flawed. Usually, the context
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supplies what we need to correctly interpret the passage. Context is key.
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If confusion remains as to the meaning after we have interpreted the text
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within its context, we have to look further.</p><div class="section" title="Voorbeeld 2A"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="h2-rules-context-ex2a"></a>Voorbeeld 2A </h3></div></div></div><p>In een voorgaande les behandelden we Joh.3:5 <span class="emphasis"><em>"geboren ...uit water
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en geest."</em></span> Wat is volgens de context het water waarover het hier
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gaat?</p><p>Water baptism is not under discussion here, which would be a big switch from
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the subject being discussed by Jesus and Nicodemus. Watch out for a sudden
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><meta name="keywords" content="Bible, Bestuderen, HowTo"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Bijbelstudie HowTo"><link rel="up" href="h2-rules.html" title="Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)"><link rel="prev" href="h2-rules.html" title="Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)"><link rel="next" href="h2-rules-hcontest.html" title="Regel 3 - Interpreteer binnen de historische en culturele context"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="h2-rules.html">Terug</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="h2-rules-hcontest.html">Volgende</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" title="Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="h2-rules-context"></a>Regel 2 - Interpreteer binnen the bijbelse context</h2></div></div></div><p>Interpret scripture in harmony with other scripture. What do the verses on
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each side say? What is the theme of the chapter? The book? Does your
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interpretation fit with these? If not, it is flawed. Usually, the context
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supplies what we need to correctly interpret the passage. Context is key. If
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confusion remains as to the meaning after we have interpreted the text
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within its context, we have to look further.</p><div class="section" title="Voorbeeld 2A"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="h2-rules-context-ex2a"></a>Voorbeeld 2A </h3></div></div></div><p>In a previous lesson we considered Jn.3:5 <span class="emphasis"><em>"born of water and the
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Spirit."</em></span>In context, what is the water under discussion here?</p><p>Water baptism is not under discussion here, which would be a big switch from
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the subject being discussed by Jesus and Nicodemus. Watch out for a sudden
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change of topic, it may be a clue that your interpretation has been
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derailed! The water is the amniotic fluid, "born of water" = natural birth.</p></div><div class="section" title="Voorbeeld 2B"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="h2-rules-context-ex2b"></a>Voorbeeld 2B</h3></div></div></div><p>1 Cor.14:34 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Let the women keep silent in the churches</span>”</span> has to
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derailed! The water is the amniotic fluid, "born of water" = natural birth.</p></div><div class="section" title="Voorbeeld 2B"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="h2-rules-context-ex2b"></a>Voorbeeld 2B</h3></div></div></div><p>1 Cor.14:34 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Let the women keep silent in the churches</span>”</span>has to
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be taken within the biblical context of 1 Cor.11:5 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">every woman [...]
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while praying or prophesying [...]</span>”</span></p></div><div class="section" title="Voorbeeld 2C"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="h2-rules-context-ex2c"></a>Voorbeeld 2C</h3></div></div></div><p>Acts 2:38 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you
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be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins
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[...]"</span>”</span>. Is this teaching baptismal regeneration? If this was
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the only verse of scripture we had, we would have to conclude that. But in
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the light of the clear teaching elsewhere that regeneration happens by faith
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in Christ, we have to interpret it otherwise. Peter is urging baptism as a
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way for his hearers to respond to the gospel. If baptism were the pathway
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to being born again, how could Paul write 1 Cor.1:17 <span class="emphasis"><em>"For Christ
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did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel"</em></span>?
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while praying or prophesying [...]</span>”</span></p></div><div class="section" title="Voorbeeld 2C"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="h2-rules-context-ex2c"></a>Voorbeeld 2C</h3></div></div></div><p>Acts 2:38 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be
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baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins
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[...]"</span>”</span>. Is this teaching baptismal regeneration? If this was the
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only verse of scripture we had, we would have to conclude that. But in the
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light of the clear teaching elsewhere that regeneration happens by faith in
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Christ, we have to interpret it otherwise. Peter is urging baptism as a way
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for his hearers to respond to the gospel. If baptism were the pathway to
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being born again, how could Paul write 1 Cor.1:17 <span class="emphasis"><em>"For Christ did
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not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel"</em></span>?</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="h2-rules.html">Terug</a>�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="h2-rules.html">Omhoog</a></td><td width="40%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="h2-rules-hcontest.html">Volgende</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Hoofdstuk 3. Regels voor interpretatie van de bijbel (Hermeneutiek)�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Begin</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">�Regel 3 - Interpreteer binnen de historische en culturele context</td></tr></table></div></body></html>