Hermeneutics Desk
Rightly dividing the Word of Truth
A quiet workspace for studying scripture with the historical-grammatical method. Draw from the Church Fathers, Reformation exegetes, and modern scholarship.
"Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria,
Moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia." Augustine of Dacia, 13th century
The Fourfold Method
The classical approach to reading Scripture, preserved through centuries of faithful study.
Literal
What the text says. The historical and grammatical meaning in its original context. Who wrote it, to whom, and why.
Allegorical
What the Church believes. How this passage points to Christ and the deposit of faith handed down through the ages.
Moral
What we should do. How this passage shapes our character, decisions, and walk with God today.
Anagogical
Where we are going. The eternal hope this passage reveals: the new creation, the resurrection, the beatific vision.
draw Exegesis Workspace
Paste a passage below and begin your analysis. Or ask the AI companion to guide your study.
Key Principles
Guarding sound interpretation with time-tested principles.
Context is King
Every verse sits within a paragraph, book, testament, and canon. Never read a verse without its neighbors.
Scripture Interprets Scripture
The clearer passages illuminate the more difficult ones. The whole counsel of God holds together in harmony.
Genre Matters
Poetry, prophecy, epistle, narrative, and apocalypse each have their own interpretive rules. Read each as it was written.
Authorial Intent
What did the human author, inspired by the Spirit, intend to communicate to the original audience? Start there.
Christocentric Reading
All Scripture points to Christ. The Old Testament anticipates Him; the New Testament reveals Him. Read with this lens.
Prayerful Dependence
The Spirit who inspired the text illuminates it. Begin every study with prayer, asking the Author to guide your understanding.
translate Original Language Tools
Available with Ministry membership. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
Interlinear
Word-by-word alignment of Greek/Hebrew with English, showing morphology and parsing.
In beginning was the Word
Strong's Concordance
Trace every word back to its root with exhaustive numbering and definitions.
word, discourse, reason, the Divine Word
Lexical Analysis
Semantic range, cognates, LXX usage, and patristic citations for every lemma.
NT occurrences: 330
LXX: ~1,450
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