Obervation: What do I see in the text?
1. Read through the text at least twice. Recognize who, what, when, why, where and how.
2. Somehow mark key words/terms in the text.
- An example of a key word in verse 17 is the word "obstacle." The word "obstacle" is the word "scandolon" (from where we get our word "scandal") in the Greek New Testament. It refers to a trap, a snare or something placed in someone's path causing them to stumble. False teaching places before us an obstacle between true believers and biblical doctrine.
3. Somehow mark key verbs/verbal phrases taking note of whether they are past, present, or future. For example notice the verbal phrase in verse 19. Pauls says that he wants these believers "to be wise." This verbal phrase is not only present but it also a future imperative. They are to be wise continually in "what is good and innocent in what is evil."
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