I'm going to give examples of the difference with staying in a Bible chapter's context, and contrast that against not staying in the chapter's context.
The idea of 'context' is about words or phrases that continue to relate to the subject. For example: if the subject is electrical motors, moving to the idea of fish is to go out of context. Some can't seem to recognize when some do this going off topic, out of context error, since many of The Bible's topics appear to be so similar and interrelated.
Matt 24:1-3
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."
3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?"
(KJV)
What's that chapter's context which is set by those opening verses?
It covers many areas of Scripture in other Books of God's Word, but the context of the chapter is still very specific:
Setting - Christ and His disciples are upon the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, overlooking the Temple Mount area and the 2nd temple complex of buildings.
Future events involving Jerusalem, that temple mount, and the world - Jesus tells them one day coming not one of those stones will be standing on top of another. His disciples ask Him when those things will be and what will be the sign of His second coming, and of the end of the world.
A. OK, since Christ's disciples asked Him about the sign of His coming, could we leave this Matt.24 chapter to other Books of The Bible and study specific Scriptures about Christ's second coming? Would doing that be staying within the Matt.24 chapter's context? That's a big Yes.
B. What if someone decided the phrases "Thy coming" and "end of the world" meant the time of Christ visiting His Apostles and disciples after His crucifixion and resurrectiion, when He appeared to them for 40 days? That would be a no, no, and taking the subject of those verses out of the chapter's context. Why? Because even the Old Testament prophets foretold of two different advents (comings) of Messiah, the first to die upon the cross, and the second in judgment and to reign over His enemies with a rod of iron at Jerusalem, an event that has yet to occur to this day.
C. Would going back to the OT prophets to study about those events of Christ's two separate times of coming be going out of the Matt.24 chapter context? No. Why not? Because as long as the other Scripture examples stay within the Matt.24 chapter context, then it's an interrelated Message that goes with it.
D. In Matt.24:15 when our Lord Jesus mentioned the "abomination of desolation" from the Book of Daniel, would it be going out of the Matt.24 chapter's context to go back into Daniel and study about that "abomination of desolation" event? No, since our Lord Jesus included... that event within the Matt.24 chapter's context.
E. In Matt.24:33-34 Jesus said that generation would not pass until all "these things" (signs) are fulfilled. Would saying that those things (signs) were meant only for the days of those disciples back then be straying from the chapter's context? Yes, How? Because the generation He pointed to involves when all... of those signs He gave come to pass, the very last sign being about His second coming and our gathering to Him, which also reveals just what "end of the world" timing was meant too.
Can you see how staying within that Matt.24 chapter's context is still very specific, even though it may take us on a journey to many other related Scriptures in other Books of God's Word?
Those unlearned in all of God's Word are most subject to deceptions by false prophets that intentionally stray away from a Bible chapter's context. It's simply because the Biblically illiterate are not familiar enough with other Scripture that is related, vs. Scripture that is not related in context.
The idea of 'context' is about words or phrases that continue to relate to the subject. For example: if the subject is electrical motors, moving to the idea of fish is to go out of context. Some can't seem to recognize when some do this going off topic, out of context error, since many of The Bible's topics appear to be so similar and interrelated.
Matt 24:1-3
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."
3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?"
(KJV)
What's that chapter's context which is set by those opening verses?
It covers many areas of Scripture in other Books of God's Word, but the context of the chapter is still very specific:
Setting - Christ and His disciples are upon the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, overlooking the Temple Mount area and the 2nd temple complex of buildings.
Future events involving Jerusalem, that temple mount, and the world - Jesus tells them one day coming not one of those stones will be standing on top of another. His disciples ask Him when those things will be and what will be the sign of His second coming, and of the end of the world.
A. OK, since Christ's disciples asked Him about the sign of His coming, could we leave this Matt.24 chapter to other Books of The Bible and study specific Scriptures about Christ's second coming? Would doing that be staying within the Matt.24 chapter's context? That's a big Yes.
B. What if someone decided the phrases "Thy coming" and "end of the world" meant the time of Christ visiting His Apostles and disciples after His crucifixion and resurrectiion, when He appeared to them for 40 days? That would be a no, no, and taking the subject of those verses out of the chapter's context. Why? Because even the Old Testament prophets foretold of two different advents (comings) of Messiah, the first to die upon the cross, and the second in judgment and to reign over His enemies with a rod of iron at Jerusalem, an event that has yet to occur to this day.
C. Would going back to the OT prophets to study about those events of Christ's two separate times of coming be going out of the Matt.24 chapter context? No. Why not? Because as long as the other Scripture examples stay within the Matt.24 chapter context, then it's an interrelated Message that goes with it.
D. In Matt.24:15 when our Lord Jesus mentioned the "abomination of desolation" from the Book of Daniel, would it be going out of the Matt.24 chapter's context to go back into Daniel and study about that "abomination of desolation" event? No, since our Lord Jesus included... that event within the Matt.24 chapter's context.
E. In Matt.24:33-34 Jesus said that generation would not pass until all "these things" (signs) are fulfilled. Would saying that those things (signs) were meant only for the days of those disciples back then be straying from the chapter's context? Yes, How? Because the generation He pointed to involves when all... of those signs He gave come to pass, the very last sign being about His second coming and our gathering to Him, which also reveals just what "end of the world" timing was meant too.
Can you see how staying within that Matt.24 chapter's context is still very specific, even though it may take us on a journey to many other related Scriptures in other Books of God's Word?
Those unlearned in all of God's Word are most subject to deceptions by false prophets that intentionally stray away from a Bible chapter's context. It's simply because the Biblically illiterate are not familiar enough with other Scripture that is related, vs. Scripture that is not related in context.