Keach's Catechism · 1794

Q6. May all men make use of the Scriptures?

All men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted, to read, hear, and understand the Scriptures.
Answer · Keach's Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    John 5:39

    Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

    Luke 16:29

    Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

    Acts 8:28-30

    Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

    Acts 17:11

    These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.