Accurately handling what rightly dividing means.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV


We so often discuss the rightly dividing component of that verse. I used KJV but prefer the NASB..


Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 NASB

Don't get me wrong, I think both are saying the same thing but the second makes more sense to me as to how I interpret what rightly dividing means, in this context.

What I find perplexing is that so many seem to have come to the conclusion that the dividing is between the audiences, the Jews or the Gentiles or between the covenants. That doesn't compute, because we are either from the root of Him or grafted into Him. Either way, He came to bring us together. The message is the same, Himself.

It just doesn't make sense to me. However, my desire to find harmony amongst all the scripture is sometimes difficult for me. Not because it opposes itself but because I lack complete understanding. I trust and believe He will bring His revealing.

If we are one in Him, and that we are not to have divisions, why do we think the “rightly dividing” speaks to dividing the family of believers, with regards to what His scriptures tell us, as though a God who doesn't change has different messages, depending on who we are?

Why does rightly dividing mean to you?

Check out the greek. This has absolutely NO hyper-dispensational undertones of separating scriptures to different groups or putting Romans to Philemon to the Church and the rest for Jews (who are also christians, uhh? thought we were ONE?)

orthotomeó: to cut straight
Original Word: ὀρθοτομέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: orthotomeó
Phonetic Spelling: (or-thot-om-eh'-o)
Definition: to cut straight
Usage: I cut straight; met: I handle correctly, teach rightly.

When did the Jew and Gentile become one? Before or after the cross?

At Pentecost I believe is when "it" all started

The Jew and the Gentile became one in Him only after the cross.

Right division is a must. The direction God gave Adam is not the same direction He gave Noah. What God gave Noah is not what He gave Abraham, etc..

As there are divisions all throughout the OT books, there are also divisions to be made in the NT books. One must ask, to whom is this book written, to whom does this doctrine apply?

I just struggle because our doctrine should be the same, to believe and receive Him. Abraham was saved by faith. Man was more primitive in the early days, so He dealt, it seems with us differently but the message is always the same, to bring His Revealing and Glory. We should all be coming to the same conclusions, eh?

The Jews were under the law. Are we? The Jews had to make a sacrifice of blood to receive forgiveness of sins, do we?

First, Abraham was hundreds of years befoe the law was given.

Second, ISRAEL was composed of Twelve Trives, not just the Tribe of Judah, there was no such thing as Juidaism for the country was a theocracyi governed by God with the earthy caretakers, the Levitical Priests......

I believe its rightly dividing meaning scripture cant be broken i.e one cant quote bits of scripture leaving out certain words just cos you dont agree with them. One needs to read the whole passage or verse for it to make sense.

When the hebrew manuscripts are copied they dont have the punctuation that English does. So when one reads in hebrew they kind of have to divide it correctly while reading it. Also they didnt have chapters and verse numbers. These came in later to help us by bible scholars...such as Timothy teaching the word of God to others. And of course when you read scripture out loud you dont say all the numbers of the verse each time you read it and you dont skip bits out. You read it straight through and stop when the story or letter or proverb or psalm is ended. You dont read it and stop halfway.

The Bible is meant to be read out loud, and of course studied but primarily its meant to be spoken. Thats how it reaches us..God had his prophets speak in parables and narratives so we could hear. He doesnt give us the word in soundbites expecting us to piece it all together after weve heard it.

The nation of Israel under the law had to make blood sacrifices for their sins to be forgiven. What about you and I?

When did the Jew and Gentile become one? Before or after the cross?

So when Jesus addresses the Jews, He’s not talking to the Gentile dogs.

According the the Word Gntiles and Israel are now one in Yeshua, the Messiah. It seems you have never studied the Word, so please refrain from coming to me or others with your unfounded ideas that ahve nothing to do iwht the Word.