Bible study tools and links

Excellent Bible study reference works
1. The Complete Wordstudy New Testment with Greek Parallel — KJV — Strong’s Dictionary, Lexical Aids, Greek Concordance, Translational Reference Index: by Spiros Zodhiates; AMG Publishers.
This gives Bible text, Strong’s numbers, and more expanded definitions (not exhaustive).
Easier to use than a regular, old fashioned Strong’s Concordance.

2. The Complete Wordstudy Old Testment — with Strong’s numbers and expanded definitions. AMG publishers.

3. The New Strong’s Expanded Dictionary of Bible Words — Nelson publishers.
This has great Greek and Hebrew word dictionaries, better than the normal Strong’s definitions. If you decide to use this, you will need the Bible text with Strong’s numbers to work along side it.

Online Bible tools:
http://www.searchgodsword.org/
http://www.blueletterbible.org/
http://www.biblegateway.com/
http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/

Bible Study essential primers:
• CONFESS any known sin —be right with God and your brother
• PRAY! Cry out to God and ask Him to do in you what you could never do yourself. Pray something like this: Holy Spirit, fill me! Teach me! Open my eyes, ears and heart to receive your word. Allow me to discover more of You. Please speak to me and guide me in the way.”
• DISCERN: God’s word is spiritual and we cannot have real understanding and discernment without the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit working in our minds and hearts. You will never understand God’s word rightly applied in your life if you rely on your own “smarts” or are walking in fleshly ways. Matt. 13 parable of the soils (Mk 4:15 & Luke 8); John 6; 1 Cor 2:13

Bible study ULTIMATE goal: Transformation!
Our being transformed into the likeness of Christ
Our being transformed to accomplish the mission of Christ
Our being transformed for the glory of Christ

• Being a “doer” not just a reader or hearer of God’s word James 1; Luke 8:21; Luke 11:28
• Better to know a little and practice it, than know a lot and practice little of it! We will be held accountable for what we know.
• Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly in you…
• 1 John 2:5 The one that is keeping/practicing God’s word shows that God’s love is complete in him and that he knows God.
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Go to BlueLetter.com's website to see John 21 passage with Strong’s coded numbers (click on "show Strong's" when the website pops up)

Notice Jesus’ last use of the word “love” — it’s the same as Peter’s! Why?