Basic principles to help youth who are studying the Bible understand it more effectively and apply it accurately to life and thoughts.

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Teaching Youth How to Study the
Bible (Basic Checklist)
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2. Basic principles to help youth who are studying
the Bible understand it more effectively and
apply it accurately to life and thoughts.
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3. Five Principles of Bible study
• Ask the right questions.
• Write down what you observe and discover.
• Apply your discovery to your life and thoughts.
• Study the Bible systematically.
• Strive to exhaust the passage you are studying.
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4. Bible Study Tools in Order of Importance
• Translation of the Bible
• Concordance
• Dictionary
• Bible Dictionary
• Commentary
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5. Methodical Bible study
• Pray for the Holy Spirit’s guidance and insight.
• Make observations by asking questions.
• Seek answers from the scripture and then tools
in order of importance.
• Apply the scripture to your life.
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6. Questions to Ask When Studying the Bible
• What is the historical setting?
• What is the literary form?
• What are the key words?
• What important grammatical structure do I
observe?
• What is the tense of the verbs?
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7. • Is there something contrasted?
• Is there a paradox?
• Is the passage dependant on a preceding passage?
• Ask six questions: What? Who? Where? When?
Why? and How?
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8. Application of a Bible Passage
• Is there a promise to claim?
• Is there a command to obey?
• Is there a sin to confess?
• Is there a teaching to absorb?
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9. Common Pitfalls of Youth Studying the Bible
• Looking past the obvious for the hidden.
• Failure to consider the historical in rushing
to application.
• Narrow vision. (All scripture is true all the
time.)
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10. • Lack of discernment as to what is cultural
and what is eternal.
• Lack of respect for God’s Word. (God’s
Word means what it means, regardless of
our beliefs or opinions.)
• Superstitious approach to God’s Word.
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