{
  "title": "Proof-Text Memes Replacing Exegesis",
  "slug": "proof-text-memes-replacing-exegesis",
  "url": "/modern-traditions-of-men/proof-text-memes-replacing-exegesis/",
  "category": "Scripture and Truth",
  "severity": 3,
  "severity_label": "Level 3 - Serious doctrinal or moral error",
  "summary": "A verse image may quote Scripture, but it can still train people to use the Bible without context, argument, genre, covenant, or authorial intent.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Matt 4:5-7",
    "Acts 20:27",
    "2 Tim 2:15",
    "2 Pet 3:16",
    "Neh 8:8"
  ],
  "key_terms": "exegesis [drawing meaning out of the text]; eisegesis [reading meaning into the text]; proof-text [isolated verse used as support]; context [surrounding meaning]",
  "related_topics": [
    "text-proofing-theologies",
    "devotional-fragments-replacing-serious-study",
    "greek-and-hebrew-word-studies-abused-without-context",
    "that-is-your-interpretation-used-to-evade-clear-scripture"
  ],
  "tier": "Modern Traditions of Men",
  "translation_links": "NET Bible local reader links are embedded in the HTML page."
}