Scripture weighting is not a term you will find in Scripture. However, it’s a practice you may recognize when coming to conclusions about Scripture. Fundamentally, it’s the practice of ignoring Scripture. That might sound egregious — but it’s fairly rampant in the world of Bible study and theology.
A primary objective of this site is to encourage any/only/all Scripture to be considered when answering any question. It is our goal to look at all Scripture equally because that’s what God has instructed us to do. Scripture weighting is the opposite of this, and it commonly presents itself in three forms: Authorship, Testament, and Presupposition.
Authorship
Weighting based on who said/wrote it.Example
“What Jesus said is most important.” or “Paul’s letters don’t mean as much.”
Testament
Weighting based on covenant.Example
“The God of the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament.” In other words, God changed in some way.
How Scripture answers "What is Scripture weighting?"
There is no precedent in Scripture for “Scripture Weighting.” Quite the contrary. All Scripture is divine and perfect1,7; they are His words5. God is the sole author1,5. Further, it is only when taken in its entirety that we get a complete picture2,7. It is consistently put forward as equal weight since “all” is always the standard for understanding — Old4,6 and New1,3. Never has God said, “Read it all, but you really only need to focus here.”
May we never scripture weight – whether by authorship, testament, or presupposition. Instead, seek to gather all that Scripture has to say on the matter and only then make careful conclusions.
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