scripturally
According to text
In a manner based on or consistent with religious scripture, especially the Bible: The pastor argued scripturally for his position.
The word appears almost exclusively in religious contexts, describing arguments, interpretations, or practices grounded in sacred texts.
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- literalismExact meaning only
inerrancy · infallibility · contextualization · translation · exposition · annotation · gloss · midrash
Adherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- theologyStudy of the divine
- canonAccepted authoritative works
doctrine · catechism · tenet · precept · covenant · dispensation · eschatology · ecclesiology
Lines of poetry
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
codex · manuscripts · scrolls · papyrus · Torah · Gospel · Quran · Vedas
Keeping of customs
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- obedienceCompliance with authority
piety · fidelity · reverence · sanctification · righteousness · Sabbath · tithing · fasting
exegesis
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
literalism · inerrancy · infallibility · contextualization · translation · exposition · annotation · gloss · midrash · homiletics
orthodoxy
Adherence to accepted beliefs
canon · doctrine · catechism · tenet · precept · covenant · dispensation · eschatology · ecclesiology · theodicy
verses
Lines of poetry
testament · codex · manuscripts · scrolls · papyrus · Torah · Gospel · Quran · Vedas · Sutras
observance
Keeping of customs
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
obedience · piety · fidelity · reverence · sanctification · righteousness · Sabbath · tithing · fasting · pilgrimage
scripturallysecularly
Without religious context
worldly · profanely · temporally · nonreligiously · materialistically
scripturallyheretically
Against accepted religious doctrine
traditionally · experientially · rationally · philosophically · intuitively
- scriptural versesLines from holy texts
- scriptural studyExamining sacred writings