Just a couple of points then I'm done (unless you press me
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Take verses/passages in context. What are the passages referring to? What's being talked about? Does it really apply to what I want it to apply to? Is there any other application than what I'm trying to make out of it? Are there other passages that may contradict what I think it may be saying? Don't try to "read between the lines" or get too involved in word games. Of course there are deeper concepts in the Scriptures that we'll never fathom the depths of, and that's why we need the help of the Holy Spirit to reveal to us what we need, yet I can't think of an example where the clearer meaning is wrong.
Lastly, don't get the spiritual confused with the physical.
I'm sure as soon as I say I know something as a fact that isn't clearly stated in the Bible I'll be proven wrong.