How to learn a verseDarby Bible
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
1 Timothy 6:6-8 But piety with contentment is great gain. For we have brought nothing into the world: [it is] [manifest] that neither can we carry anything out. But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But piety with contentment is great gain. For we have brought nothing into the world: [it is] [manifest] that neither can we carry anything out. But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But piety with ______ is great gain. ___ we have brought ______ into the world: [___ is] [manifest] that ______ can we carry ______ out. But having ______ and covering, we ____ be content with _____.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But _____ ____ contentment ___ _____ gain. ___ ___ have ______ ______ into ___ _____: [it ___] [______] that ______ ___ we _____ ______ out. ___ ______ sustenance ___ ______, we ____ ___ content ____ _____.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B p w c i g g. F w h b n i t w: [i i] [m] t n c w c a o. B h s a c, w w b c w t.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 Timothy 6:6-8
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.