Ten Points for Fruitful Bible Reading

No. 6: The sum is greater than the parts. 

"Read the Bible in context. What happens before and after – even in other books – helps us to understand the true meaning of the text."


From "Understanding the Bible" by Mary Elizabeth Sperry,
USCCB Associate Director for Utilization of the New American Bible
 (http://www.usccb.org/bible/understanding-the-bible/index.cfm)