Context Dictates Usage, not Word Definitions
Craig Keener gives sage advice for understanding and interpreting the bible: Context is the way God gave us the Bible, one book at a time. The first readers of Mark could not flip over to Revelation to help them understand Mark; Revelation had not been written yet. The first readers of Galatians did not have a copy of the letter Paul wrote to Rome … Continue reading Context Dictates Usage, not Word Definitions