INTERPRETATION FLOW CHART 4. Investigate Social and Historical contexts in Bible Dictionaries or other resources Question(s) from your Observation (Serve as input to Interpretation) Summary 5. Investigate other relevant scriptural passages which give insight Summary 1. Contextual Study: both immediate and larger context. Carefully work the context of the strategic passage; CIE Summary 6. Summarize findings to this point 2. Personal Word Study of selected terms identified in contextual study. Sources: immediate context, book context, corpus, and canon. 7. Consult Other Interpreters: Now is the time for commentaries Summary Summary 3. Consult Secondary Source Word Studies on major terms a. Summarize relevant info b. Show how these relate to answering the question 8. Final Summary and answer to your question Summary