Matters of Interpretation

Here are links to all the study notes on the site, in order by book of the Bible, chapter and verse(s). Most of the notes also contain a link to questions on the same texts.

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Genesis

• Genesis 1:1-13; 14-25; 26-31
• Genesis 2:4-7; 18-25
• Genesis 3; more on Genesis 3
• Genesis 4:1-16
• Genesis 6:5-22
• Genesis 8:20-22
• Genesis 9:8-17
• Genesis 12; 1-7
• Genesis 14:1-14
• Genesis 15:1-7
• Genesis 18:9-15
• Genesis 19:1-29
• Genesis 21:1-7; 8-20
• Genesis 22:1-14
• Genesis 24
• Genesis 25:19-34
• Genesis 27
• Genesis 28:10-22
• Genesis 30:22-32
• Genesis 32:22-32
• Genesis 35:22-26
• Genesis 37
• Genesis 38
• Genesis 41
• Genesis 42:6-25
• Genesis 45:1-15
• Genesis 49:10-12

Exodus

• Exodus 2:1-10
• Exodus 3:1-12
• Exodus 15:11-21
• Exodus 16:1-8; 13-15
• Exodus 23:1-12
• Exodus 35:20-29

Leviticus

• Leviticus 13:45-46
• Leviticus 19:18
• Leviticus 23:9-14
• Leviticus 25:1-12

Numbers

• Numbers 13:1-33
• Numbers 14:1-10; 10-20

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:1-13
• Deuteronomy 6:1-9
• Deuteronomy 8:1-11
• Deuteronomy 16:18-20
• Deuteronomy 17:8-13
• Deuteronomy 18:15-22
• Deuteronomy 24:10-21
• Deuteronomy 32:3-6, 10-14, 18

Joshua

• Joshua 1
• Joshua 5:13-15; 5:13-6:27
• Joshua 24

Judges

• Judges 4:1-10
• Judges 6:11-18; 6:1-2, 7-16
• Judges 11:4-11, 29-31
• Judges 13:1-7, 24-25

Ruth

• Ruth 1
• Ruth 3

1-2 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:9-20
• 1 Samuel 8:4-7
• 1 Samuel 10:17-24
• 1 Samuel 16:1-13
• 1 Samuel 18:1-5
• 1 Samuel 19:1-7; more on 1 Samuel 19:1-7
• 2 Samuel 6
• 2 Samuel 9
• 2 Samuel 12:1-15

1-2 Kings [about the book]

• 1 Kings 8:1-13; 14-21; 22-30; 54-66
• 1 Kings 17:8-16
• 1 Kings 18:5-18
• 1 Kings 22:15-23, 26-28
• 2 Kings 22:14-20

1-2 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 13
• 1 Chronicles 15
• 1 Chronicles 16
• 1 Chronicles 17:1-15; 16-27
• 1 Chronicles 21; 18-27
• 2 Chronicles 1:13-17
• 2 Chronicles 6:12-21
• 2 Chronicles 7:1-11; 12-22 (and here)
• 2 Chronicles 28:8-15

Ezra – Nehemiah

• Ezra 1:1-8, 11
• Ezra 2:64-70
• Ezra 6:1-12; 13-22
• Ezra 7:1-10, 23-26
• Ezra 10:1-12
• Nehemiah 2:11-20

Esther

• Esther 7:1-10

Job

• Job 8: 1-10, 20-22
• Job 42

Psalms

• Psalm 9
• Psalm 23
• Psalm 34
• Psalm 48
• Psalm 66
• Psalm 91
• Psalm 100
• Psalm 103
• Psalm 107

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1
• Proverbs 2:1-11
• Proverbs 8:8-14; 17-21
• Proverbs 9:1-6; 8-10; 13-18

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:10-20
• Isaiah 5:1-7
• Isaiah 6:1-8
• Isaiah 9:2-7
• Isaiah 29:13-24
• Isaiah 42:1-9
• Isaiah 43:1-21
• Isaiah 47:10-15
• Isaiah 48:3-8, 17
• Isaiah 49:1-13; 18-23
• Isaiah 51:1-8
• Isaiah 52:13-53:12
• Isaiah 58:6-14
• Isaiah 61:8-11
• Isaiah 62:1-4

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 1:4-10
• Jeremiah 21:8-14
• Jeremiah 22:1-10
• Jeremiah 38:14-23

Lamentations

• Lamentations 5

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 3:1-11

Daniel

• Daniel 1:8-21
• Daniel 3
• Daniel 9:1-19
• Daniel 10:10-19

Hosea

• Hosea 11
• Hosea 12

Joel

• Joel 2:12-22; 21-27

Amos

• Amos 5:18-24
• Amos 7:10-17

Jonah

• Jonah 1
• Jonah 2
• Jonah 3 (1); Jonah 3 (2)
• Jonah 4

Micah

• Micah 3:1-12
• Micah 6:6-8

Nahum

• Nahum 1

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:1-4; 12-14
• Habakkuk 2:6-14

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:14-20

Zechariah

• Zechariah 8:1-17

Malachi

• Malachi 2:1-9
• Malachi 3:5-6

Matthew

• Matthew 1:1-17; 18-25
• Matthew 2:1-12; 7-15
• Matthew 3:1-12
• Matthew 4:1-11; 12-22
• Matthew 5:1-12; 13-20; 21-32; 38-48
• Matthew 6:1-8; 9-15; 19-34
• Matthew 7:1-6; 15-23
• Matthew 8:23-27
• Matthew 9:18-26
• Matthew 10:1-15
• Matthew 11:7-19
• Matthew 12:1-14
• Matthew 13:24-33
• Matthew 15:1-9
• Matthew 18:1-9; 18:21-35
• Matthew 21:1-11
• Matthew 23:1-4; 23-26
• Matthew 25:31-46
• Matthew 26:1-13; 26:17-30
• Matthew 28:1-15; 1-10; 16-20

Mark

• Mark 1:16-20
• Mark 2:1-12
• Mark 5:1-20
• Mark 6:1-6
• Mark 10:46-52
• Mark 14:17-24
• Mark 15:6-15; 35-39

Luke

• Luke 1:8-20; 26-38; 39-56; 46-55; 57-80
• Luke 2:21-35; 39-52
• Luke 3:1-20
• Luke 4:14-22
• Luke 5:1-11
• Luke 6:27-36
• Luke 7:1-10; 7-14; 37-48
• Luke 10:25-37
• Luke 11:1-13
• Luke 12:13-21
• Luke 13:10-17; 22-30
• Luke 14:15-24; 25-33
• Luke 15:11-24
• Luke 16:19-31
• Luke 17:11-19
• Luke 18:1-8
• Luke 19:1-10
• Luke 24:1-11

John

• John 1:1-14
• John 3:1-16
• John 4:25-42; a little more on 1-42; 46-54
• John 10:1-15
• John 11:17-27 & 38-44
• John 12:44-50
• John 13:1-15; 34-35
• John 14:1-14; 15-29
• John 15; 4-17
• John 17:14-24
• John 21:1-14; 15-25

Acts

• Acts 1:6-8
• Acts 2:16-21
• Acts 4:23-31; 32-37
• Acts 5:1-11
• Acts 6:1-8
• Acts 8:26-40
• Acts 9:10-19; 36-43
• Acts 10:19-33; 34-47
• Acts 13:1-12
• Acts 14:8-11; 19-23
• Acts 16:11-15
• Acts 18:1-3, 18-26
• Acts 21:7-14

Romans

• Romans 1:8-17
• Romans 2:1-12
• Romans 3:21-31
• Romans 4:1-12
• Romans 5:1-11; Romans 5:6-11
• Romans 8:1-14; 8:18-30
• Romans 10:5-17
• Romans 11:11-24
• Romans 12:1-8; 9-21
• Romans 16:3-5

1-2 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 1:26-30; 18-31
• 1 Corinthians 13
• 1 Corinthians 15
• 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
• 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
• 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
• 2 Corinthians 13:1-11

Galatians

• Galatians 3:18-29
• Galatians 4:8-20
• Galatians 5:1-17; 1-15
• Galatians 5:16-26
• Galatians 5:18-6:10

Ephesians

• Ephesians 1:1-14; 15-23
• Ephesians 2:1-10; also here
• Ephesians 4:1-16
• Ephesians 5:15-16; 21-33

Philippians

• Philippians 1:12-21
• Philippians 2:1-11
• Philippians 3:7-14

Colossians

• Colossians 2:1-15
• Colossians 3:5-7

1-2 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

1-2 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 6:11-21

Hebrews

• Hebrews 1:1-5
• Hebrews 2:17-18
• Hebrews 8:6-12
• Hebrews 9:11-22
• Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
• Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

James

• James 1:1-11; 19-27
• James 2:1-13; more on 1-12; 14-26; more on 14-26
• James 3:1-12; more on 1-12; 13-18
• James 4:1-10; more on 4:1-10
• James 5:7-12

1-2 Peter

• 1 Peter 1:3-9; 13-25
• 1 Peter 2:1-10
• 2 Peter 1:1-15

1 – 2 – 3 John

• 1 John 3:11-24
• 1 John 4:7-19; 1 John 4:2-3, 13-17
• 1 John 5:4-5
• 2 John 4-11

Revelation

• Revelation 4
• Revelation 5:6-14
• Revelation 7:9-17
• Revelation 11:15-19
• Revelation 19:1-8
• Revelation 21:1-8; 9-21
• Revelation 22:1-7; 22:8-21

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