Learn how to exegete a passage

1. Session Two
(EXEGESIS)

2. Group Discussion
1. How do you do
exegesis?
2. Which aspect was
easy/hard?
3. Do you think you can do
this now on your own?
Why or why not?

7. Know the boundaries
of your text.

16. By Gordon Fee

21. Discover the details
Interpret the details
Generate exegetical
statements
• Theme
• Topic
• Truth
• Thrust

22. Discover the details
• Structure
• Atmosphere
• Literary
features
• Terms

24. Discover the details
• Structure
• Atmosphere
• Literary
features
• Terms
Interpret the details
• Ask, Answer, Validate

28. Discover the details
• Structure
• Atmosphere
• Literary
features
• Terms
Interpret the details
• Ask, Answer, Validat
e
Generate exegetical
statements
• Theme
• Topic
• Truth
• Thrust

29. Sample of Exegesis
Text: 1 Timothy 6:3-10
Theme: False Teachers in Ephesus
Topic: Why false teachers are
dangerous in Ephesus
Truth: False teachers reject the truth
and cause problems in the church.
Thrust: Timothy must watch out
against false teachers in Ephesus.

30. Practice Session: Ephesians 1:15-23
1. Delimit a text (done) and Determine its genre
2. DIG into the text by Discovering the details of
the text (SALT).
3. Interpret the details
(Ask, Answer, Validate)
4. Generate exegetical
statements
(Theme, Topic, Truth, Thrust
)

31. Group Discussion
1. How do you do
exegesis? (answer without
looking at notes)
2. Which aspect was
easy/hard?
3. Do you think you can do
this now on your own?
Why or why not?