Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

If you would like to write for A Word in Time, please email wit@methodistchurch.org.uk

This week's theme: Slavery and Freedom

"Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." (v. 20)
Matthew 5:21-37
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“You have heard what it was said to those in ancient times ... But I say to you...” (vv. 21, 22)
Matthew 5:21-37
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Matthew 5:21-37
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Matthew 5:25-26
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'But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.' (v. 28)
Matthew 5:27-30
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'You have heard that it was said, "You shall not commit adultery." But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.' (vs. 27-30)
Matthew 5:27-30
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"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell." (vv. 27-30)
Matthew 5:27-30
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"You have heard that it was said ... But I say to you" (vv. 27-28, 33-34)
Matthew 5:27-37
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Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” (vv. 3-5)
Matthew 5:3-10
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"It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.” But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
Matthew 5:31-32
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But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (v. 32)
Matthew 5:31-32
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'But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.'
Matthew 5:33-37
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