Misunderstood Texts of the New Testament Author:Robert Anderson Introduction... "I TELL YOU earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable -- nay, letter by letter." These words of Ruskin’s glaringly exaggerate the worth of mere human writings, but they might fitly b... more »e inscribed on the flyleaf of every Testament and Bible. For the words of God are like the works of God, in that we often need the microscope to enable us to appreciate them. And yet at times this element is of secondary importance. For, unless we understand the Divine scheme and purpose of the Bible as a whole, we cannot read even the New Testament intelligently.« less