Asserting Truth

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Ancient / Contemporary WOF-SOS Compatibility of it’s Adherents. Context's potential upon precept.

Whether by layman or cleric, I’m a firm believer in the accuracy of the corporate church (1Cor14:29-precept). On aspects of the study of the “word of faith” (WOF) or the living “sword of the Spirit” (SOS), the same applies which brings me to my concern, for I feel there continues an embattlement for truth.

Is the healthiest use of exegesis insidious to 2Tim 2:15’s “rightly dividing”? Judge for yourself, for myself, I know an over-zealous critique of context can work to rob some precepts, i.e., “living word of God” vs era of the manuscript handed down, or the culture when it was written for example. The epistles of Corinthians are popular victims of this among several others.

If citations are your first thirsty need, I would like to refrain if you don’t mind. This post will be much better off as a tool of oversight to set a marker to guard against both the positive or negative excess. Thank you!

exegesis​

noun​

• Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.
• Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
• The process of finding the roots of an equation

 

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For the purposes of this thread and the sake of those who contemplate this poor (yours truly) babbler, first when reading, mind the context and one other thing, the precept of spiritual readiness is sometimes embossed in granite and pounds as a rock concert. In effect, know when to apply context by the liberty we have, but also have concurrent readiness founded on faith. This will shield one’s potential from dullness of hearing.

Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only?​

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(1 Cor 14:36)​

Such old territory, but for anyone’s possible composure of how insignificant we might be mishandling the “living” aspect of the word of God, it was significant enough for the Apostle to publish the distorted handling. And while this announcement went forth to alert the reader what was happening to the living word of faith, again, it serves to inform the ready reader of how faithless, prudence can become:

Borderline dullness of V36 example:

but the point of the expression, as against the Corinthian haughtiness, is very palpabl. – Theodoret​

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The "argument" here is, that the church at Corinth was "not" the first that was established; that it was one of the "last" that had been founded; and that it could, therefore, claim no right to differ from others, or to prescribe to them. - Barnes​