How to Enjoy the Bible
Bullinger on how to read the Bible so as to enjoy it: the word as a whole, rightly dividing it as to literary form, as to its subject matter, and as to times and dispensations. Written after two readers asked him to teach them to study it for themselves.
86 Chapters
Table of Contents
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01. "I SPEAK TO YOU GENTILES."
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02. THE WORDS
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03. INTRODUCTORY
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04. INTRODUCTORY
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05. I. THE WORD: ITS ONE GREAT OBJECT
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06. I. THE WORD: ITS ONE GREAT OBJECT
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07. 1. CHRIST IN THE WORD AS A WHOLE
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08. Ii. CHRIST IN THE SEPARATE BOOKS OF THE WORD
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09. · II. THE WORD: ITS ONE GREAT SUBJECT
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10. "RIGHTLY DIVIDING" THE WORD
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11. I. AS TO LITERARY FORM (SEPARATE BOOKS)
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12. I. AS TO LITERARY FORM (CHAPTER BREAKS)
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13. I. AS TO LITERARY FORM (CHAPTER BREAKS)
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14. III. RIGHATELY DIVIDING THE WORD
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15. 1. AS TO LITERARY FORM (PUNCTUATION)
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16. CONCERNING WHOM IS THIS WRITTEN!
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17. 2. The Seven Times or Dispensations
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18. PARENTHESIS OF PRESENT DISPENSATION
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19. PARENTHESIS OF PRESENT DISPENSATION
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20. Iv. RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD AS TO ITS DISPENSA-TIONAL TRUTH AND TEACHING
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21. 1. THE PAST: "GO NOT" AND "BUT NOW"
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22. "God's Gospel."
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23. 3. PRESENT NOT INTO PAST: THE "CHURCH"
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24. 4. THE FUTURE NOT INTO PRESENT: TRIBULATION
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25. 4. THE FUTURE NOT INTO PRESENT: TRIBULATION
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26. 4. THE FUTURE NOT INTO PRESENT: THE 141,000
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27. 5. FUTURE EVENTS: THE DIFFERENT ADVENTS
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28. 5. FUTURE EVENTS: THE DIFFERENT ADVENTS
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29. 5. FUTURE EVENTS: THE RESURRECTIONS
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30. 5. FUTURE EVENTS: THE JUDGMENTS
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31. The Pauline Epistles
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32. "PRIVATE INTERPRETATION" (2 PET. I. 20)
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33. "SPIRITS IN PRISON" (1 PET. III. 19)
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34. "SPIRITS IN PRISON" (1 PET. III. 19)
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35. TESTAMENT AND COVENANT (HEB. IX. 15-23)
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36. I. INTRODUCTORY: THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT
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37. I. INTRODUCTORY: HISTORY OF STRUCTURE
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38. Ii. THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE STRUCTURE OF SCRIPTURE
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39. Repeated Alternation
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40. V. ILLUSTRATIONS OF STRUCTURE: 2 PET. I. 20
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41. V. ILLUSTRATIONS OF STRUCTURE: 1 PET. III. 19
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42. V. ILLUSTRATIONS OF STRUCTURE: 2 Cor. v. 6, 7
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43. THE BIBLICAL USAGE OF WORDS IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR CORRECT INTERPRETATION
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44. Ii. USAGE OF ENGLISH WORDS CHANGED
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45. Iii USAGE OF GREEK WORDS CHANGED
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46. Iv. CONCURRENT GREEK USAGES: "PAROUSIA"
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47. Iv. CONCURRENT GREEK USAGES: "PNEUMA"
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48. Iv. CONCURRENT GREEK USAGES: "ELEMENTS"
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49. Iv. CONCURRENT GREEK USAGES: "SAINTS"
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50. V. UNIFORM GREEK USAGES: "WITHHOLD"
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51. V. UNIFORM GREEK USAGES: "TEMPT," "POOR"
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52. UNIFORM GREEK USAGE: "SHEOL" & "HADES"
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53. V. UNIFORM GREEK USAGE: "MYSTERY"
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54. Ii. EXAMPLES OF ERROR ARISING FROM A DISREGARD OF THE CONTEXT
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55. Ii. ERRORS FROM ITS DISREGARD: TEXT-MANGLING
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56. (a) The Nearer Context
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57. (b) The Remoter Context
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58. TRUTH FROM REMOTER CONTEXT: ACTS II. 16
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59. I. AS TO WORDS: "PROPHET"
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60. I. AS TO WORDS: "HALLELUJAH"
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61. I. AS TO WORDS: "SELAH"
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62. Ii. EXPRESSIONS
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63. VI.—THE PLACE WHERE THE PASSAGE OCCURS IS OFTEN ESSENTIAL TO ITS FULL INTERPRETATION
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64. "COME UNTO ME": MATT. XI. 28
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65. VII. NO TWO SCRITURES REPUGNANT
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66. THE WEAK BROTHER OF 1 COR. VIII. ROM. XIV
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67. INACCURACY THE SOURCE OF ERRORS
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68. GOD'S COMMAND FOR SACRIFICES
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69. PROPHECIES SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
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70. THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE CROSS
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71. THE OFFERING OF DRINK AT THE CROSS
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72. THE "OTHERS" CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
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73. Ii. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ACCURACY APPLIED TO THE REVELATION OF TRUTH
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74. THE "BLOOD" IN 1 JOHN I. 7 AND II. 1
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75. 3. Marks of Time
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76. 5. Numeration
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77. SAME PERSON, DIFFERENT NAMES
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78. 7. Chronology
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79. IX. FIGURES OF SPEECH
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80. 1. THE ACCOUNT OF CREATION
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81. GREEK MSS., NEW TESTAMENT
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82. EDITORS OF GREEK TEXT
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83. EDITORS OF GREEK TEXT
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84. INDEXES
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85. 1. INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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86. WORKS BY E. W. BULLINGER, D.D
