Text-Interpretation-Application Lab

Use 2 Timothy 2:14-15 and 3:14-17.

Column 1 - Text observation

What words, commands, contrasts, and purposes appear?

Column 2 - Interpretation

What do these statements mean in Paul's charge to Timothy?

Column 3 - Application

What responsible reading practice follows for us?

Final audit

Label each statement:

1. “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved.”
2. Christians should never study with other people.
3. Teachers should avoid quarrels that ruin hearers.
4. A careful reader should distinguish a verse from an inherited slogan.

Teacher key: 1 text; 2 unsupported; 3 text; 4 responsible synthesis/application.