When we neglect the context, it’s easy to end up studying the Bible as if it were Old MacDonald’s farm: here a verse, there a verse, everywhere a verse, verse. But as we pay attention to what surrounds a verse—in the text and in its cultural setting—we can get a clearer sense of what God is saying to us.

— Read on blog.logos.com/2020/08/here-a-verse-there-a-verse-4-steps-to-studying-the-bible-in-context/