Everything we've ever posted about concentric circles of context:

the word-study method that narrows meaning through usage in the book, author, testament, Bible, and outside sources.

Concentric-circle diagram illustrating five nested levels of context: Book at the center, surrounded by Author, Testament, Bible, and Extrabiblical context.

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In, Out, In

Correlative context compares a passage with other Scriptures that share meaningful words, ideas, symbols, or theology. But the order matters: interpret first, travel outward carefully, then return home and test every connection against the passage’s own context.

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Words in Their World

Word studies can clarify Scripture—or badly distort it. This article shows how to move beyond dictionary shortcuts by tracing a word’s lemma, lexical range, and contextual use, so the word is heard in its own sentence, argument, book, and world.

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