How to Study Bible for Beginners

3. Basic disciplines related to
Bible
Basic Bible Disciplines

4. Read – Bird’s eye view
 Joshua 8:34,35 - Not a word
 Deuteronomy 17:19 - Read all the day
 Matt:12:3, 12:5, 19:4, 21:6, 21:42,
 Nehe:8:3

5. Daily Meditation
Spiritual manna for the day
 Matt:4:4
 Ps:119:15, 97-99,148
 Joshua 1:8

6. Studying the Bible
 Occasional
 Nehemiah 8:8, Ezra: 7:10

7. Keep in heart disk!
 Psalm 119:11, Colossians 3:16, Psalm 119:16,
Psalm 40:8

8. Other disciplines
 I Tim:4:13
 Read
 preach
 teach

9. Basic convictions to keep
in mind
Basic Convictions

10. Facts before theories
 Acts: 17:11
 Acts 18:24–26

11. Studying needs application
 Matthew 7:24–27;
 James 1:22–25

12. Be very serious in the way you
approach Scripture
 Rev:22:18

13. Author determines the meaning
 See from author’s perspective

14. 2 Steps
Preparatory Step
Study Step

15. Pray
 II Cor:3:14, 15-
Vail to be opened
 Psalm 119:18 -
Open eyes to see
wonders

16. Read
 Read
 Read
 Read

17. Study

18. Study
See
Understand
Obey

19. Portion category:
Portion category:
Story/Narration/Incident
Teaching
Poetry/Psalm

20. Setting
Setting
Who
When
Where

21. Structure
Structure
All incidents/ thoughts one by
one
Find repeated words
Find main incident/main idea of
the passage

22.  All incidents/ thoughts one by one
 Point 1
 Point 2
 Point 3
 Point 4

23. Find repeated words

24. Find main incident/main idea of the
passage

25. Terms/ Words
Terms/ Words
Important words
Unknown/difficult words

26. Anything Else to note?
Anything Else to note?
Comparison?
Contrast

27. Study
See
Understand
Obey

28. Understand

29. First try to understand small portions
that are analyzed in see step

30. In detail study blocks one by one

31. Understanding the blocks
 First go to the section Terms or Words and study
them one by one.
 First take a dictionary and try to understand the
meaning
 Then see the Bible passages that talk about this and
see how this term is related
 Finally note what meaning is this word communicating in
this passage
 Also mention how this word is used n different places to
communicate any other related point.

32. Understanding the blocks
 Read other portions of See section and explain
them.
 As questions like what does this mean?
 What importance does this section contribute in
understanding the passage.
 Gather all related details from other portions of the
Bible

33. Joining the blocks

34. Now is the time to understand the
passage as a whole
 Now go verse by verse and explain the passage
with the help of blocks section
 Be sure to interpret as per original author's intention
 Consider literal parts literal

35. Obey

36. Obey
 Thank God for all characters about God as
revealed through this passage
 Evaluate your life based on the truth learnt and
note them.
 God bless you