The sixth (optional) step is to use color to highlight repeated words and continuing or contrasting themes.

Highlighting Repeated & Related Words

It is not mandatory, but it is often helpful to highlight common themes in the same color. This enables you to see repeated words or themes at a glance. Sometimes, repeated words and themes, and how the author develops them, are the key to understanding the passage. If there is more than one repeated word or theme, use different colors.

Below are some examples from our demonstration passage.

Subject Verb Direct Object
For
God loved world
so the

that
He gave Son
his
only begotten

that
whoever shall perish [none]
believes in Him not

but
[whoever] [shall] have life
eternal

For
God did send Son
not the
into the world

to judge the world

but
that
world might be saved [none]
the through Him

He is judged [none]
who believes in Him not

he has been judged [none]
who does not believe already

because
he has believed [none]
not
in the Name
of the Son
only begotten
of God

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