10 Commandments of Scripture Interpretation

Skye Jethani with a helpful post on how to read your Bible and interpret it correctly. Click over to read his post and read his explanation of each point.  Here are the ten commandments:

I. You shall not make for yourself an idol out of Scripture.

II. You shall honor the Scriptures as sufficient.

III. You shall remember the metanarrative and keep it wholly.

IV. You shall honor the Church as the recipient and the guardian of the Scriptures.

V. You shall not neglect the context.

VI. You shall not ask questions the text does not want to answer.

VII. You shall embrace both the form and content of Scripture as inspired by God.

VIII. You shall study Scripture for wisdom and not merely knowledge, and never for pride.

IX. You shall exegete your culture and not merely the Scriptures.

X. You shall remember that the simplest interpretation is usually, but not always, correct.