Principles of interpretation

Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved and tested by trial, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing, accurately dividing, rightly handling, and skillfully teaching the word of truth [1]. The Greek word from this verse translated “rightly dividing” in the King James Version is “orthotomeō.” It means to cut straight, to cut straight ways, to proceed on straight paths, hold a straight course, equivalent to doing right, to make straight and smooth, to handle aright, to teach the truth directly and correctly [2]. When the plain sense of scripture makes…