Rightly Dividing the Word: A Plain Guide to Studying the Bible for Yourself

By Ray Adams

The Bible was written to be understood. So why does it feel so hard?

Two people read the same verse and walk away with opposite conclusions. Entire churches divide over passages both sides claim to follow. The problem is rarely the Bible. The problem is how we handle it.

Paul told Timothy to be "a workman who is not ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). Handling Scripture properly is a skill - and like any skill, it can be learned.

Rightly Dividing the Word teaches that skill in fourteen plain chapters. No seminary vocabulary. No shortcuts either. Just the honest tools every Bible student needs:

- Reading a verse in its context - the rule that settles most arguments before they start
- Understanding covenants: what belongs to Moses, and what belongs to Christ
- How God authorizes: direct statements, approved examples, and necessary conclusions
- What the silence of Scripture means - and why it matters
- Letting the Bible explain the Bible

Work through it alone, with your family, or as a thirteen-week class. Every chapter ends with the text open and the reader equipped.

Stop taking someone's word for what the Word says. Learn to divide it rightly - for yourself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H68JD3KM
• ISBN13: 9798183640700
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"