Lesson 10 | Main Point Summary

Two More Examples

Let’s take a look at main point summaries for two more passages that we built in lessons 8 and 9.

Example 1: Main Point Summary of James 3:1-6

Notice in the example above that the main point summary follows the same logic as the sub-point summaries, and yet is written in reverse order. Sometimes it is most helpful to rearrange the order of the pieces in a main point summary.

Example 2: Main Point Summary of 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

Here, notice how I utilized the language of my broadest sub-point summaries to shape my main point summary. I also felt the English flowed better if I divided it into two sentences, highlighting the explicit Ac-Mn relationship in the conjunction phrase “This is how…”.

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