{"number":157,"question":"How is the word of God to be read?","answer":"The holy scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very word of God, and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial, and prayer.","segments":[{"text":"The holy scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them;","proofs":["Psalm 19:10","Nehemiah 8:3–6, 10","Exodus 24:7","2 Chronicles 34:27","Isaiah 66:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 19:10","osis":["Ps.19.10"]},{"printed":"Nehemiah 8:3–6, 10","osis":["Neh.8.3-Neh.8.6","Neh.8.10"]},{"printed":"Exodus 24:7","osis":["Exod.24.7"]},{"printed":"2 Chronicles 34:27","osis":["2Chr.34.27"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 66:2","osis":["Isa.66.2"]}],"note":null},{"text":"with a firm persuasion that they are the very word of God,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:19–21"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 1:19–21","osis":["2Pet.1.19-2Pet.1.21"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and that he only can enable us to understand them;","proofs":["Luke 24:45","2 Corinthians 3:13–16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 24:45","osis":["Luke.24.45"]},{"printed":"2 Corinthians 3:13–16","osis":["2Cor.3.13-2Cor.3.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them;","proofs":["Deuteronomy 17:19–20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 17:19–20","osis":["Deut.17.19-Deut.17.20"]}],"note":null},{"text":"with diligence,","proofs":["Acts 17:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:11","osis":["Acts.17.11"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and attention to the matter and scope of them;","proofs":["Acts 8:30, 34","Luke 10:26–28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 8:30, 34","osis":["Acts.8.30","Acts.8.34"]},{"printed":"Luke 10:26–28","osis":["Luke.10.26-Luke.10.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"with meditation,","proofs":["Psalms 1:2","119:97"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalms 1:2","osis":["Ps.1.2"]},{"printed":"119:97","osis":["Ps.119.97"]}],"note":null},{"text":"application,","proofs":["2 Chronicles 34:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Chronicles 34:21","osis":["2Chr.34.21"]}],"note":null},{"text":"self-denial,","proofs":["Proverbs 3:5","Deuteronomy 33:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 3:5","osis":["Prov.3.5"]},{"printed":"Deuteronomy 33:3","osis":["Deut.33.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and prayer.","proofs":["Proverbs 2:1–6","Psalm 119:18","Nehemiah 8:6, 8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 2:1–6","osis":["Prov.2.1-Prov.2.6"]},{"printed":"Psalm 119:18","osis":["Ps.119.18"]},{"printed":"Nehemiah 8:6, 8","osis":["Neh.8.6","Neh.8.8"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"bc1695":["95"],"wlc-modernized":["157"],"wsc":["90"]},"diffs":[{"source":"bc1695","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"The holy scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion","position":null},{"text":"they are","position":null},{"text":"very","position":null},{"text":"of God, and that he only can enable us","position":null},{"text":"understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them;","position":null},{"text":"and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial,","position":null}]}],"page":"130","leaf":67}