ECT Rightly Dividing

[achduke]

I see the term Rightly Dividing thrown around here a lot. So what does it mean to everyone? Please use scripture to back up your proof.

2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

In 2 Timothy 2 :15 dividing comes from "orthotomeó: to cut straight"

KJV translates this one word as "Rightly Dividing" but NAS translates this as "Accurately Handling"

I believe Accurately Handling makes more sense. Cutting straight is making an accurate cut. Are we to not to be ashamed for dividing up the Word of God or accurately handling the Word of God? Is God's Word divided?

 

[heir]

I see the term Rightly Dividing thrown around here a lot. So what does it mean to everyone? Please use scripture to back up your proof.

Great topic!

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The word of truth that we are to study to show ourselves approved unto God as workman that needeth not to be ashamed by rightly dividing is specific. It is the gospel of your salvation!

Ephesians 1:13 KJV In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

It (the gospel of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth (Romans 1:16-17 KJV although no longer to the Jew first and also to the Greek, but to all men 1 Timothy 2:4-6 KJV, Titus 2:11 KJV).

So what does Paul mean when he writes to rightly divide it? First of all, there's more than one gospel in your Bible. If you don't separate out the gospel that is "the gospel of YOUR salvation" as mentioned in Ephesians 1:13 KJV above, from others, you could be believing the wrong gospel that is not the gospel that is the power of God to save you in the dispensation of the grace of God.

For example, you could think that your gospel (good news) is that you need to be water baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38 KJV), sell all that you have (Matthew 19:21 KJV, Acts 2:45 KJV), endure to the end to be saved (Matthew 24:13 KJV) wait for the times of refreshing that shall come from the presence of the Lord (the second coming) that your sins may be blotted out (Acts 3:19-21 KJV). But, that's NOT your gospel (good news)! It's not the gospel of YOUR salvation, the power of God to save you today!

The gospel that is the power of God to save you is the gospel of Christ; how that Christ died for our sins and that He was buried and was raised again the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV)! It was given by revelation of Jesus Christ to the apostle Paul (Galatians 1:11-12 KJV) to usward (Romans 11:13 KJV). Paul was given the dispensation of the grace of God for YOU gentiles (Ephesians 3:1 KJV). Paul was given the form of sound words that we are to hold fast to today (2 Timothy 1:13 KJV). That would be Romans through Philemon.

Our good news must be divided out from other good news in the Bible. Failure or flat out refusal to rightly divide the word of truth causes nothing, but confusion and will most certainly cause you to lose reward at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:10-15 KJV).

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Also, we need to rightly divide the word of truth in Paul's epistles. For example, there was a time that certain Gentiles (called Greeks in a KJB) had ordinances to keep so as not to offend the Jews, but then in Paul's later epistles when writing to the alien gentile, who Paul was a prisoner of Jesus Christ for-people like you and me (Ephesians 2:11-12 KJV), you can eat anything (Ephesians 2:14-16 KJV, Colossians 2:14-16 KJV).

 

[achduke]

Great topic!

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The word of truth that we are to study to show ourselves approved unto God as workman that needeth not to be ashamed by rightly dividing is specific. It is the gospel of your salvation!

Ephesians 1:13 KJV In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

It (the gospel of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth (Romans 1:16-17 KJV although no longer to the Jew first and also to the Greek, but to all men 1 Timothy 2:4-6 KJV, Titus 2:11 KJV).

So what does Paul mean when he writes to rightly divide it? First of all, there's more than one gospel in your Bible. If you don't separate out the gospel that is "the gospel of YOUR salvation" as mentioned in Ephesians 1:13 KJV above, from others, you could be believing the wrong gospel that is not the gospel that is the power of God to save you in the dispensation of the grace of God.

For example, you could think that your gospel (good news) is that you need to be water baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38 KJV), sell all that you have (Matthew 19:21 KJV, Acts 2:45 KJV), endure to the end to be saved (Matthew 24:13 KJV) wait for the times of refreshing that shall come from the presence of the Lord (the second coming) that your sins may be blotted out (Acts 3:19-21 KJV). But, that's NOT your gospel (good news)! It's not the gospel of YOUR salvation, the power of God to save you today!

The gospel that is the power of God to save you is the gospel of Christ; how that Christ died for our sins and that He was buried and was raised again the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV)! It was given by revelation of Jesus Christ to the apostle Paul (Galatians 1:11-12 KJV) to usward (Romans 11:13 KJV). Paul was given the dispensation of the grace of God for YOU gentiles (Ephesians 3:1 KJV). Paul was given the form of sound words that we are to hold fast to today (2 Timothy 1:13 KJV). That would be Romans through Philemon.

Our good news must be divided out from other good news in the Bible. Failure or flat out refusal to rightly divide the word of truth causes nothing, but confusion and will most certainly cause you to lose reward at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:10-15 KJV).

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Also, we need to rightly divide the word of truth in Paul's epistles. For example, there was a time that certain Gentiles (called Greeks in a KJB) had ordinances to keep so as not to offend the Jews, but then in Paul's later epistles when writing to the alien gentile, who Paul was a prisoner of Jesus Christ for-people like you and me (Ephesians 2:11-12 KJV), you can eat anything (Ephesians 2:14-16 KJV, Colossians 2:14-16 KJV).

1 Corinthians 1:13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

G3307 merizo is used for divide in in 1 Corinthians 1:13. If 2 Timothy 2:15 meant to sub divide the gospels then why not use this word. Rightly Divide is translated from 1 greek word not 2. Merizo makes more sense.

 

[heir]

G3307 merizo is used for divide in in 1 Corinthians 1:13.

Paul was beseeching them at Corinth, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among them; but that they be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment (by extension we are exhorted to do the same). For it had been declared to Paul that there were contentions among them.

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1 Corinthians 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

It should also be noted that the only way to 1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV that, is to follow Paul:

1 Corinthians 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

If 2 Timothy 2:15 meant to sub divide the gospels then why not use this word. Rightly Divide is translated from 1 greek word not 2. Merizo makes more sense.

"Rightly dividing" is to "separate one from another". We see the Lord while on earth, rightly dividing "as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats":

Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

Matthew 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

Matthew 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

 

[Grosnick Marowbe]

Great topic!

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The word of truth that we are to study to show ourselves approved unto God as workman that needeth not to be ashamed by rightly dividing is specific. It is the gospel of your salvation!

Ephesians 1:13 KJV In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

It (the gospel of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth (Romans 1:16-17 KJV although no longer to the Jew first and also to the Greek, but to all men 1 Timothy 2:4-6 KJV, Titus 2:11 KJV).

So what does Paul mean when he writes to rightly divide it? First of all, there's more than one gospel in your Bible. If you don't separate out the gospel that is "the gospel of YOUR salvation" as mentioned in Ephesians 1:13 KJV above, from others, you could be believing the wrong gospel that is not the gospel that is the power of God to save you in the dispensation of the grace of God.

For example, you could think that your gospel (good news) is that you need to be water baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38 KJV), sell all that you have (Matthew 19:21 KJV, Acts 2:45 KJV), endure to the end to be saved (Matthew 24:13 KJV) wait for the times of refreshing that shall come from the presence of the Lord (the second coming) that your sins may be blotted out (Acts 3:19-21 KJV). But, that's NOT your gospel (good news)! It's not the gospel of YOUR salvation, the power of God to save you today!

The gospel that is the power of God to save you is the gospel of Christ; how that Christ died for our sins and that He was buried and was raised again the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV)! It was given by revelation of Jesus Christ to the apostle Paul (Galatians 1:11-12 KJV) to usward (Romans 11:13 KJV). Paul was given the dispensation of the grace of God for YOU gentiles (Ephesians 3:1 KJV). Paul was given the form of sound words that we are to hold fast to today (2 Timothy 1:13 KJV). That would be Romans through Philemon.

Our good news must be divided out from other good news in the Bible. Failure or flat out refusal to rightly divide the word of truth causes nothing, but confusion and will most certainly cause you to lose reward at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:10-15 KJV).

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Also, we need to rightly divide the word of truth in Paul's epistles. For example, there was a time that certain Gentiles (called Greeks in a KJB) had ordinances to keep so as not to offend the Jews, but then in Paul's later epistles when writing to the alien gentile, who Paul was a prisoner of Jesus Christ for-people like you and me (Ephesians 2:11-12 KJV), you can eat anything (Ephesians 2:14-16 KJV, Colossians 2:14-16 KJV).

Excellent post

 

[chrysostom]

prior to the seventeenth century
not a single bible
had the phrase
rightly dividing

 

[oatmeal]

I see the term Rightly Dividing thrown around here a lot. So what does it mean to everyone? Please use scripture to back up your proof.



In 2 Timothy 2 :15 dividing comes from "orthotomeó: to cut straight"

KJV translates this one word as "Rightly Dividing" but NAS translates this as "Accurately Handling"

I believe Accurately Handling makes more sense. Cutting straight is making an accurate cut. Are we to not to be ashamed for dividing up the Word of God or accurately handling the Word of God? Is God's Word divided?

Right cutting does not damage the word of God but rather divides into meaningfully accurate portions.

If you wish to learn what "righteousness" is, one step is to look up all the places in scripture that the word "righteousness" and other words that were translated from the same Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic word.

A study like that does not damage the word of truth but focuses on one particular aspect of it.

Jesus is the bread of life. In the culture, bread was not in loaves, but was a type of flat bread. That bread would be eaten one bite at a time, it might be torn into smaller portions so as to facilitate the eating of it. The whole flatbread was not stuffed into the mouth whole.

Rightly dividing the word of truth is like that, we cannot handle the entire word of truth at one time, we have to look at it and learn from it in smaller portions. We rightly divide it so we gain an accurate understanding of it line by line, precept by precept.

John 6:35

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Isaiah 28:9-10,13

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

 

[oatmeal]

Right cutting does not damage the word of God but rather divides into meaningfully accurate portions.

If you wish to learn what "righteousness" is, one step is to look up all the places in scripture that the word "righteousness" and other words that were translated from the same Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic word.

A study like that does not damage the word of truth but focuses on one particular aspect of it.

Jesus is the bread of life. In the culture, bread was not in loaves, but was a type of flat bread. That bread would be eaten one bite at a time, it might be torn into smaller portions so as to facilitate the eating of it. The whole flatbread was not stuffed into the mouth whole.

Rightly dividing the word of truth is like that, we cannot handle the entire word of truth at one time, we have to look at it and learn from it in smaller portions. We rightly divide it so we gain an accurate understanding of it line by line, precept by precept.

John 6:35

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Isaiah 28:9-10,13

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Practically speaking, the first requirement of rightly dividing the word of truth is to read what is actually written.

Take Matthew 2:1-2,11 for instance:

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

How many wise men does the scripture say there were?

Scripture does not say, therefore, we do not know.

You can guess till you are blue in the face and you will not know. so don't guess, accept the truth that God does not tell us, so we do not know. If we needed to know, God would have told us.

Where did they visit the babe? Oops! It does not say babe, does it? It says young child. We must read what is written, a babe is a babe, a young child is a young child.

So the wise men showed up at a stable? No, it does not say stable, it says house.

Do we know what a stable is? Do we know what a house is? If we do, then we realize that the young child and his mother were no longer at the inn in the stable, but were now in a house.

That is one simple example of rightly dividing the word of truth.

 

[oatmeal]

For another example of how to rightly divide the word of truth by simply reading what is written is Matthew 12:40

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

How many days and nights was Jonas (Jonah) in the belly? Three days and three nights.

Did he say three days and nights? No. that is not what Jesus said

Does it say three days? No, that is not what Jesus said

Does it say three nights? No, that is not what Jesus said

He said three days AND three nights

How long is three days and three nights? 72 hours.

Did he say "about" three days and three nights? No, he said three days and three nights.

If he had simply said three days could that have meant about? Could have, for the culture uses the word "day" to mean a period of time that could be part of a 24 hour period or longer than a 24 hour period.

However, Jesus locked in the meaning because he said, three days and three nights

Therefore we must count and include three days and we must count and include three nights. 72 hours

How long would Jesus say he would be in the heart of the earth?

Three days and three nights. 72 hours.

Tradition does not take his statement seriously, they do not count three days and three nights, tradition counts and includes only three days and two nights.

Tradition does not adhere to scripture in this case.

To find out what scripture says, we must read scripture, not guess.

 

[kayaker]

I see the term Rightly Dividing thrown around here a lot. So what does it mean to everyone? Please use scripture to back up your proof.



In 2 Timothy 2 :15 dividing comes from "orthotomeó: to cut straight"

KJV translates this one word as "Rightly Dividing" but NAS translates this as "Accurately Handling"

I believe Accurately Handling makes more sense. Cutting straight is making an accurate cut. Are we to not to be ashamed for dividing up the Word of God or accurately handling the Word of God? Is God's Word divided?

I appreciate Heir's post, and Grosnick's acknowledgement. Chrys' fell short on the follow-through. And, Oatmeal offered examples, as I will. Many Christians speak of Gentiles along the lines they are simply 'non-Jews', a very common perspective. Possibly an example of rightly dividing the Word is to realize the Gentiles were the descendants of Japheth, son of Noah: Genesis 9:27, 10:2, 3, 4, Genesis 10:5 KJV (first mention). Noah's son Shem was the father of the Shemites/Semites, and Japheth was the 'father' of the Gentiles. Noah sanctioned procreation between the 'Japhethites'/Gentiles and the Shemites/Semites in Genesis 9:27 KJV. Their procreation with the 'Hamites'/Canaanites was never sanctioned by Noah, quite the contrary.

Subsequent to the son-mother incest that went down in Noah's tent in Genesis 9:22 KJV (corroborated by Leviticus 18:8 KJV, Leviticus 20:11 KJV, Deuteronomy 22:30 KJV, and Deuteronomy 27:10 KJV), Noah also drew a line in the sand isolating the land of Canaan where Ham and his descendants would reside. Through geographic isolation, Noah did not approve of Gentile/Shemite procreation with the Canaanites. Noah's intention was manifest by Abraham's infamous and faithful quest for a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:3 KJV) as continued by Isaac's and Rebekah's dire quest for a wife for Jacob (Genesis 27:46, 28:1, 2, 3, 4). Such was later corroborated in Deuteronomy 7:1, 2, 3, followed up by Ezra 9:1, 2, 7 some 1,400 years later. And, that opens a vastly broader perspective on Judah, prophesied progenitor of Messiah (Isaiah 65:9 KJV), who breached covenant hooking up with a Canaanitess wife (1Chronicles 2:3, Genesis 38:2).

Unlike many Christians even today, Paul ancestrally understood who the Gentiles were. Japheth, 'father' of the Gentiles, walked into Noah's tent both covered and backwards (Genesis 9:23 KJV) in bold rebuke of son-mother incest (Genesis 9:22 KJV). With such appreciation it is evident Paul both understood who the Gentiles were, and Paul understood what went down in Noah's tent considering Paul's report of and to the Corinthians in 1Corinthians 5:1 KJV. Consequently, Paul had every reason to admonish the Gentiles in Romans 2:14, 15, 16. Noah admonished the Gentiles in Genesis 9:27 KJV.

Furthermore, since the Gentile descendants of Japheth were not 'born in the house of the Shemite/Hebrew Abraham' (Genesis 17:13 KJV), the Japhethite/Gentiles didn't require circumcision under that law. Paul knew the Gentiles were ancestrally authenticated being blessed by Noah in Genesis 9:27 KJV.

So, understanding who the Gentiles were ancestrally sets the stage for rightly dividing the Word in their regard. Rightly dividing the Word of Truth, as relates to John 8:30 KJV, John 8:31 KJV, John 8:32 KJV, opens a whole new dimension!

kayaker

 

[oatmeal]

Another example of how to rightly divide the word of God by reading what is written, but not reading into it is Genesis 1

How many times does God say He created in that chapter?

But we should ask ourselves first, do we trust God's word to be true?

Or do we think we should modify what God had Moses write down to comply with what our Sunday school teachers taught us?

We might ask also, does God know what He is talking about? Does God have perfect vocabulary skills or does He need our help to tell Him what He did?

So, how many times does God say He created in Genesis 1?

Three verses out of 31.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

What did he do the other days?

He divided, He set, He made, He said, He blessed

Create means create, to bring something into existence that did not exist before out of nothing.

Divide means to divide, there is something already there if one is to divide.

Set means set, there is already something there if something is to be set.

Made means made, to make something requires a substance that exists to make something out of that substance.

Blessed means blessed, God did not bless nothing, He blessed something in existence.

These are three examples of simply paying attention to what is written. There are many more processes and methods and truths to learn if we want to rightly divide the word of truth.

 

[achduke]

Another example of how to rightly divide the word of God by reading what is written, but not reading into it is Genesis 1

How many times does God say He created in that chapter?

But we should ask ourselves first, do we trust God's word to be true?

Or do we think we should modify what God had Moses write down to comply with what our Sunday school teachers taught us?

We might ask also, does God know what He is talking about? Does God have perfect vocabulary skills or does He need our help to tell Him what He did?

So, how many times does God say He created in Genesis 1?

Three verses out of 31.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

What did he do the other days?

He divided, He set, He made, He said, He blessed

Create means create, to bring something into existence that did not exist before out of nothing.

Divide means to divide, there is something already there if one is to divide.

Set means set, there is already something there if something is to be set.

Made means made, to make something requires a substance that exists to make something out of that substance.

Blessed means blessed, God did not bless nothing, He blessed something in existence.

These are three examples of simply paying attention to what is written. There are many more processes and methods and truths to learn if we want to rightly divide the word of truth.

Lately I have been listening to the whole NKJV on audible as I drive into work. Even though I have been through the whole bible continuously I will find myself hearing a Word and then going back to read that portion of the bible to see the meaning. There is something different about hearing the bible from reading it. They each add a perspective.

 

[kayaker]

Lately I have been listening to the whole NKJV on audible as I drive into work. Even though I have been through the whole bible continuously I will find myself hearing a Word and then going back to read that portion of the bible to see the meaning. There is something different about hearing the bible from reading it. They each add a perspective.

Indeed there is a difference, Achduke. I did the same for several years, and went home and explored the differences. I strongly suggest using a KJV as a written back-up, btw. Listening to the Bible being read in such fashion forces the listener to stay on track gathering themes that are often not consistent with what we've been taught. What we've been taught was typically piecemeal verses extracted from the context, the theme, and then those verses are often confabulated to support the theme of the teacher/preacher's out of context perception.

In other words, one's likely more accurate to put a puzzle together after viewing the picture on the box top... than to ignore the box top and start assembling. Those blue pieces could be either sky, or water. Those blue pieces can also be reflections of the sky on the water...

kayaker

 

[achduke]

Indeed there is a difference, Achduke. I did the same for several years, and went home and explored the differences. I strongly suggest using a KJV as a written back-up, btw. Listening to the Bible being read in such fashion forces the listener to stay on track gathering themes that are often not consistent with what we've been taught. What we've been taught was typically piecemeal verses extracted from the context, the theme, and then those verses are often confabulated to support the theme of the teacher/preacher's out of context perception.

In other words, one's likely more accurate to put a puzzle together after viewing the picture on the box top... than to ignore the box top and start assembling. Those blue pieces could be either sky, or water. Those blue pieces can also be reflections of the sky on the water...

kayaker

I use many versions as a backup including KJV, NKJV and NIV.

 

[Jamie Gigliotti]

I see the term Rightly Dividing thrown around here a lot. So what does it mean to everyone? Please use scripture to back up your proof.



In 2 Timothy 2 :15 dividing comes from "orthotomeó: to cut straight"

KJV translates this one word as "Rightly Dividing" but NAS translates this as "Accurately Handling"

I believe Accurately Handling makes more sense. Cutting straight is making an accurate cut. Are we to not to be ashamed for dividing up the Word of God or accurately handling the Word of God? Is God's Word divided?

Rightly dividing, cutting straight, accurately handling: understand God's word and not distorting it.

Such as those who want to deny this: "But God's firm foundation stands bearing this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord, depart from inequity."" 2 Timothy 2:19

 

[achduke]

Excellent post

Hi Grosnick Marowbe, you talk about Rightly Dividing a lot. Can you add to the conversation? I see you agree with heir but you must have a little you can add.

 

[kayaker]

I use many versions as a backup including KJV, NKJV and NIV.

That's great! I actually do also... Biblehub is real convenient in that regard. Over time, I've come to appreciate and prefer the KJV; but, I do consider other translations offering a broader perspective... speaking of rightly dividing the word. Unfortunately, Biblehub doesn't include the Catholic Bible, which I assume is the USCCB, United States Council of Catholic Bishops (I'm at least close). If you'll notice, several non-Catholic translations very closely mimic the USCCB Bible, btw.

 

[achduke]

That's great! I actually do also... Biblehub is real convenient in that regard. Over time, I've come to appreciate and prefer the KJV; but, I do consider other translations offering a broader perspective... speaking of rightly dividing the word. Unfortunately, Biblehub doesn't include the Catholic Bible, which I assume is the USCCB, United States Council of Catholic Bishops (I'm at least close). If you'll notice, several non-Catholic translations very closely mimic the USCCB Bible, btw.

Biblehub is great. I also have NKJV and Strong's KJV on my phone.

 

[Aimiel]

The best example of 'rightly dividing' that I know of is:

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

He correctly understood The Word of God to explain what he believed as Truth.

 

[Jerry Shugart]

Paul was given the form of sound words that we are to hold fast to today (2 Timothy 1:13 KJV). That would be Romans through Philemon.

You make a HUGE blunder when you assert that only some of the epistles contain doctrine for those in the Body of Christ. Let us determine to whom 1 Corinthians was addressed. Paul wrote:

"Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's" (1 Cor.1:2).​

All of the Jewish believers living in the first century did indeed call on the name of Jesus Christ so Paul's words in this epistle applies to them. And here is what he told every Israelite believer in every place:

"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit" (1 Cor.12:13).​

There can be no doubt whatsoever that all those who called on the name of the Lord Jesus in every place must include all of the believers among the Israelites so they were told that they were baptized into the Body of Christ.

From this we can know that all of the believers in the first century were members of the Body of Christ so it is Romans through Jude that applies to them.

All your false teaching does is to attempt rob believers of certain truths that apply to them. Those truths are found in the book of Hebrews through Jude.