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The Study Table

How to study a passage

Five simple steps. Have your notebook, pen and highlighter ready.

  1. Step 1: Pray

    Ask the Lord to open your understanding before you read.

  2. Step 2: Read it slowly

    Read the passage twice. Highlight what stands out to you.

  3. Step 3: Write what it says

    In your notebook: who, what, where, when. Just what the passage says.

  4. Step 4: Look closer

    Tap the small footnote letters. Tap a word for the Hebrew or Greek. Compare Scripture with Scripture.

  5. Step 5: Write what it means for you

    One thing to believe and one thing to do. Pray it back to God.