When I read my Bible, i understand what I am reading within its immediate context.
There is also a topical context that can be found concerning every scripture. 1 Corinthians 2:13 gives us this hermeneutic.
When people are normally accused of taking things out of context, it is normally true that the accuser simply does not want to believe what is related by the verse in question. They are hardening their hearts to what the verse is saying to them.
Normally when I quote a verse, I quote it with its immediate context in mind; for that is the context that I originally read it in.
The person who claims that it is quoted out of context is free to read the context of the verse that has been quoted; and I believe that in doing so they will find that the context does not contradict what is related by the verse.
For I believe that it is a first rule of hermeneutics that any singular verse will never be contradicted by its immediate context.
I suppose that those who believe that there are contradictions in the Bible might argue otherwise.
There is also a topical context that can be found concerning every scripture. 1 Corinthians 2:13 gives us this hermeneutic.
When people are normally accused of taking things out of context, it is normally true that the accuser simply does not want to believe what is related by the verse in question. They are hardening their hearts to what the verse is saying to them.
Normally when I quote a verse, I quote it with its immediate context in mind; for that is the context that I originally read it in.
The person who claims that it is quoted out of context is free to read the context of the verse that has been quoted; and I believe that in doing so they will find that the context does not contradict what is related by the verse.
For I believe that it is a first rule of hermeneutics that any singular verse will never be contradicted by its immediate context.
I suppose that those who believe that there are contradictions in the Bible might argue otherwise.