There are probably countless ways to conduct Bible interpretation. And for sake of clarity, interpretation is a different idea that translation—some people confuse these ideas. In any case, here are some basics methods of interpretation as a place to start:

It is good to use a pencil or highlighter to make notes in the text; or use sticky notes; or even a notepad for “close reading” a text. Ask questions; note key words; look for advice admonitions, warnings, and promises. Look for reasons, results for doing things. Notice contrasts, comparisons, illustrations. Notice repetition and progression of ideas. Notice questions being asked (as well as asking your own). Notice important connectives (prepositions and conjunctions); Study grammatical construction (verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives). Note this atmosphere and emphatic statements. Notice the literary form (as mentioned above). Note the general structure (how are ideas arranged).

Inductive, synthetic, analytical, critical, biographical, historical, theological, literary study, rhetorical, geographical, sociological, political, cultural, scientific, philosophical, psychological, and devotional. (See Howard F. Vos, Effective Bible Study, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1956), Table of Contents).

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